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groveling en · ADJ
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Showing excessive, servile respect or submission, often to gain favor or forgiveness.
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Of an animal, having the belly or face towards or on the ground.
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groveling en · NOUN
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The act or practice of one who grovels.
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groveling en · VERB
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(US, form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of grovel
New ways I must attempt, my groveling name
To raise aloft, and wing my flight to fame.
1697, John Dryden, Georgics, translation of original by Virgil, Book III, lines 13–14:
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pl pokłon (Translations) · es postración (Translations)