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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fawned}; p. pr & vb n. {Fawning}.] [OE. fawnen, fainen fagnien to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS f[ae]gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. See {Fain}.] To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. --Shak. Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest --Milton. Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fawning adj : attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery [syn: {bootlicking}, {obsequious}, {sycophantic}, {toadyish}]
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