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  • 15grovel — [16] Old and Middle English had a suffix ling, used for making adverbs denoting direction or condition. Few survive, and of those that do, most have had their ling changed to the more logical sounding long (headlong and sidelong, for instance,… …

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  • 16grovel — [[t]grɒ̱v(ə)l[/t]] grovels, grovelling, grovelled (in AM, use groveling, groveled) 1) VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone grovels, you think they are behaving too respectfully towards another person, for example because they are frightened …

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  • 17grovel — UK [ˈɡrɒv(ə)l] / US [ˈɡrɑv(ə)l] verb [intransitive] Word forms grovel : present tense I/you/we/they grovel he/she/it grovels present participle grovelling past tense grovelled past participle grovelled showing disapproval to show too much respect …

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  • 18grovel — /ˈgrɒvəl / (say grovuhl) verb (i) (grovelled or, US, groveled, grovelling or, US, groveling) 1. to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in fear or in mean servility. 2. to lie or move with the face downwards and the body prostrate,… …

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  • 20grovel — [16] Old and Middle English had a suffix ling, used for making adverbs denoting direction or condition. Few survive, and of those that do, most have had their ling changed to the more logical sounding long (headlong and sidelong, for instance,… …

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