Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Friending \Friend"ing\, n.
   Friendliness. [Obs.] --Shak.