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Definition
to show submission or fear — sometimes by crawling or lying face down
- He looked to the spot where Defarge the vendor of wine had stood, a moment before; but the wretched father was grovelling on his face on the pavement in that spot, and the figure that stood beside him was the figure of a dark stout woman, knitting.2.7 — Monseigneur in Town (89% in)
There are no more uses of "grovel" in A Tale of Two Cities.
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