Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Friending"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Friend \Friend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Friended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Friending}.]
To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to
befriend. [Obs.]
Fortune friends the bold. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Friending \Friend"ing\, n.
Friendliness. [Obs.] --Shak.
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