friending
noun1
Obsolete, Usually A sentiment of friendship
- And what so poor a man as Hamlet is May do t'express his love and friending to you.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v], lines 182-183:
2
Internet, Usually An act of adding a person as a friend on a social network.
- Refreshments followed, coupled with teary farewells and exchanges of phone numbers and emails, and Facebook friendings.2015, John Ellsworth, Unspeakable Prayers: