He had long ago accepted P-1 as a friend.

Often he was accepted as a friend of the family, played golf with the husband, took adolescent children to the theatre.

Susan eventually came to accept the young girl as a friend.

Gradually the prince comes to accept him as a friend.

Now that we were adults, she seemed to accept me as a friend.

The children had clearly accepted him as a friend, a fact that he found rather pleasant.

These children accept me as a friend, accept my music.

She clearly was having a hard time accepting this dark stranger as a friend, even though he had just saved her life.

She is unwilling to accept him as a friend and not a boyfriend.

This is courtesy and goes on until you've been accepted as a close friend of the family.