Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FAWN, v.i.² [Sax. fægenian. See Fain.]

1. To court favor, or show attachment to, by frisking about one; as, a dog fawns on his master.
2. To soothe; to flatter meanly; to blandish; to court servilely; to cringe and bow to gain favor; as, a fawning favorite or minion. My love, forbear to fawn upon their frowns. Shak.