friending

plural friendings

1. obsoleteuncountableusuallyA 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. InternetuncountableusuallyAn 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

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of friend