intransitive verb (-eled or -elled; -eling or -elling)
Etymology: back-formation from groveling prone, from groveling, adverb , from Middle English, from gruf, adverb , on the face (from Old Norse ā grūfu) + -ling
Date: 1552
to creep with the face to the ground ; crawl ,
2. to lie or creep with the body prostrate in token of subservience or abasement, to abase oneself, to give oneself over to what is base or unworthy ; wallow , groveler noun grovelingly adverb
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