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(behave abjectly)

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  • fawn — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English faunen, from Old English fagnian to rejoice, from fægen, fagan glad more at fain Date: 13th century 1. to show affection used especially of a dog 2. to court favor by a cringing or flattering manner… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • crawl — I. /krɔl / (say krawl) verb (i) 1. to move by dragging the body along the ground, as a worm, or on the hands and knees, as a young child. 2. to progress slowly, laboriously, or timorously: *Time crawls in deliberate collusion with the speed of… …  

  • grovel — v. n. 1. Creep, crawl, sneak, fawn, cringe, lie low, lie prone. 2. Behave abjectly, be mean, be low, tend downward, tend to the base and mean …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • derogate — v 1. discredit, disfavor, make disreputable, injure or impair the credit or reputation of; censure, reproach, inveigh against; reduce, lower, degrade, downgrade, debase, abase, vitiate; shame, disgrace, dishonor; humiliate, humble, mortify, Sl.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • The Slave Community — Infobox Book name = The Slave Community image caption = Cover of the 1979 revised edition author = John W. Blassingame country = United States language = English subject = Slavery in the United States History of the Southern United States… …   Wikipedia

  • grovel — [gräv′əl, gruv′əl] vi. groveled or grovelled, groveling or grovelling [back form. (first found in Shakespeare) < grovelling, down on one s face (assumed to be prp.) < ME grufelinge < gruf, for o grufe, on the face (< ON ā grūfu) +… …   English World dictionary

  • throw oneself on someone's mercy — I intentionally place oneself in someone s hands in the expectation that they will behave mercifully toward one II throw oneself on (or upon) someone s mercy abjectly ask someone for help, forgiveness, or leniency …   Useful english dictionary

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