fawn (1), fawne, fawnyn

i. & t. [Icel. fagna to rejoice, to be fain; A. S. fægnian; from fægen glad.] [FAIN.] A. Intransitive : 1. To court favor by frisking about one, as a dog. 2. To court servilely, to blandish, to flatter, to cringe; followed by on or upon . "The vulgar crowd of courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xxiii. *B. Trans .: To fawn upon, to court favor with. "There came by mee A whelpe that faunede me as I stoode." *fawn (2), v . i. fawn. Chaucer: Book of the Duche , 389. [FAWN (1), s.] To bring forth a