Both Uses
grovel
in
The Return of the King
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- Men cast from the saddle lay grovelling on the ground.†
Chpt 5.6 *grovelling = showing submission or fearunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use groveling.
- He kicked Wormtongue in the face as he grovelled, and turned and made off.†
Chpt 6.8grovelled = showed submission or fearunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use groveled.
Definitions:
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(1)
(grovel) to show submission or fear -- sometimes by crawling or lying face down
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)