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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grovel \Grov"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Groveled}or {Grovelled};
p. pr & vb n. {Groveling} or {Grovelling}.] [From OE
grovelinge, grufelinge adv., on the face, prone, which was
misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf OE gruf, groff, in the same
sense of Scand. origin, cf Icel. gr[=u]fa, in [=a] gr[=u]fu
on the face, prone, gr[=u]fa to grovel.]
1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to
lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the
earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of
abjectness; to crawl.
To creep and grovel on the ground. --Dryden.
2. To tend toward, or delight in what is sensual or base; to
be low abject, or mean
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Groveling \Grov"el*ing\, a.
Lying prone; low debased. [Written also {grovelling}.] ``A
groveling creature.'' --Cowper.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
groveling
adj : totally submissive [syn: {cringing}, {grovelling}, {wormlike},
{wormy}]
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