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Webster 1828 Edition

Groveling

GROV'ELING

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ppr.

Creeping; moving on the ground.

1.

Mean; without dignity or elevation.

Definition 2025

groveling

groveling

English

Alternative forms

(UK) grovelling

Verb

groveling

(US) present participle of grovel
- 1697, John Dryden, Georgics, translation of original by Virgil, Book III, lines 13–14:
  New ways I must attempt, my groveling name
  To raise aloft, and wing my flight to fame.

Noun

groveling ‎(plural grovelings)

The act of one who grovels.