make approaches obsequiously

    grassor ātus, ārī, dep. intens.    [gradior], to go, move, go about: recto limite, O.— To loiter, idle, riot: iuventus grassans in Subura, L.: per omnia scelera, L.—Fig., to go, proceed, act, move: ad gloriam virtutis viā, S.: aliā viā, L.: consilio grassandum ratus, L.: cupidine atque irā, be actuated by, S.: obsequio, make approaches obsequiously, H.: crudelitas in captā urbe grassata est, Cu.— To advance, take measures, make an attack: ferro grassatur cupido, Iu.: in te hac viā, L.: in possessionem agri, L.