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Webster 1913 Edition


Friending

Friend′ing

,
Noun.
Friendliness.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Definition 2024


friending

friending

English

Noun

friending (usually uncountable, plural friendings)

  1. (obsolete) A sentiment of friendship
    • 1602, Hamlet, William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 5 lines 182-183
      And what so poor a man as Hamlet is
      May do t'express his love and friending to you.
  2. (Internet) An act of adding a person as a friend on a social network.
    • 2015, John Ellsworth, Unspeakable Prayers
      Refreshments followed, coupled with teary farewells and exchanges of phone numbers and emails, and Facebook friendings.

Verb

friending

  1. present participle of friend

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