The word 'mend'.
friend
Wife can mean a girl and a friend, but goes beyond friend a little, so not sure that is what you are looking for.
Pal, then. As in "I'm your pal, then", or "Be my pal, then". That's at least a close rhyme, though not a perfect rhyme.
Late Mate
Bannalise Rhymes with annalise. But to me since I have a friend named annalise, It means love and happiness
pure, sure, manure,
sure
heel/heal
cure mirror sheerer
cure means,where are we going.
A close companion that rhymes with send could be friend
friend