[f. prec., after toad-cat, etc.] trans. To act as a toady to; to toady. Also intr.
1802. G. Colman, Poor Gent., II. ii. How these tabbies love to be toaded!
1826. F. Reynolds, Life & Times, II. 303, note. He could scarcely ever get anybody but dull toading tuft-hunters to remain there above four days.
1831. Lady Granville, Lett., 21 Feb. All her toads toad on because they see that I toad her too.
1849. W. Irving, Goldsmith, xxxix. 335. Boswell’s inveterate disposition to toad, was a sore cause of mortification to his father.
