Part 5001

<hw>Grove</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>graf</ets>, fr. <ets>grafan</ets> to dig. <def>The original sense seems to have been <it>a lane cut through trees</it>. See <er>Grave</er>, <tt>v.</tt>, and cf. <er>Groove</er>.]</ety> A smaller group of trees than a forest, and without underwood, planted, or growing naturally as if arranged by art; a wood of small extent.</def>

<note>&hand; The Hebrew word <it>Asherah</it>, rendered <it>grove</it> in the Authorized Version of the Bible, is left untranslated in the Revised Version. Almost all modern interpreters agree that by <it>Asherah</it> an idol or image of some kind is intended.</note>

<h1>Grovel</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grov"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Groveled</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Grovelled</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Groveling</er> or <er>Grovelling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From OE. <ets>grovelinge</ets>, <ets>grufelinge</ets>, <tt>adv.</tt>, on the face, prone, which was misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. OE. <ets>gruf</ets>, <ets>groff</ets>, in the same sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. <ets>gr&umac;fa</ets>, in <ets>&amac; gr&umac;fu</ets> on the face, prone, <ets>gr&umac;fa</ets> to grovel.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl.</def>

<blockquote>To creep and <b>grovel</b> on the ground. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.</def>

<h1>Groveler</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grov"el*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who grovels; an abject wretch.</def> <altsp>[Written also <i>groveller</i>.]</altsp>

<h1>Groveling</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grov"el*ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lying prone; low; debased.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>grovelling</asp>.]</altsp> "A <i>groveling</i> creature."

<i>Cowper.</i>

<h1>Grovy</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grov"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a grove; situated in, or frequenting, groves.</def>

<i>Dampier.</i>

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<hw>Grow</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Grew</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Grown </er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Growing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>grawan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>groeijen</ets>, Icel. <ets>groa</ets>, Dan. <ets>groe</ets>, Sw. <ets>gro</ets>. Cf. <er>Green</er>, <er>Grass</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.</def>

<blockquote>Winter began to <b>grow</b> fast on. <i>Knolles.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is <b>growing</b> to me by Antipholus. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; <as>as, rice <ex>grows</ex> in warm countries</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Where law faileth, error <b>groweth</b>. <i>Gower.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; <as>as, to <ex>grow</ex> pale</as>.</def>

<blockquote>For his mind Had <b>grown</b> Suspicion's sanctuary. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To become attached of fixed; to adhere.</def>

<blockquote>Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they <b>grow</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Growing cell</col>, or <col>Growing slide</col>, <cd>a device for preserving alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a manner to permit its growth to be watched under the microscope.</cd> -- <col>Grown over</col>, <cd>covered with a growth.</cd> -- <col>To grow out of</col>, <cd>to issue from, as plants from the soil, or as a branch from the main stem; to result from.</cd>

<blockquote>These wars have <b>grown out of</b> commercial considerations. <i>A. Hamilton. </i></blockquote>

-- <cs><col>To grow up</col>, <cd>to arrive at full stature or maturity; as, <ex>grown up</ex> children.</cd> -- <-- ##error here in original: duplication of: To grow up --> <col>To grow together</col>, <cd>to close and adhere; to become united by growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed.</cd> <i>Howells.</i></syn