FAWNED
Verb
fawned
simple past tense and past participle of fawn
Source: Wiktionary
FAWN
Fawn, n. Etym: [OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F. faon
a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See Fetus.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.
2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.]
[The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns. Holland.
3. A fawn color.
Fawn, a.
Definition: Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
Fawn, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. faonner.]
Definition: To bring forth a fawn.
Fawn, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Fawning.] Etym:
[OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS.
fægnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. See
Fain.]
Definition: 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.
Fawn, n.
Definition: A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition