cringe

mastery
/kɹɪnd͡ʒ/verbnounadjintj

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What does 'cringe' mean in this sentence?

And thou sly hypocrite, who now wouldst seem / Patron of liberty, who more then thou / Once fawn'd, and cring'd, and servilly ador'd / Heav'ns awful Monarch?