adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + grope. ] In the act of groping. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
We grope for the wall like the blind. Is. lix. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
To grope a little longer among the miseries and sensualities ot a worldly life. Buckminster. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Felix gropeth him, thinking to have a bribe. Genevan Test. (Acts xxiv. ). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or searches by feeling. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a groping manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; wet + &unr_; to show. ] Having such a structure as to be diaphanous when moist, and opaque when dry. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; wet + E. ophthalmic. ] (Anat.) Serving to moisten the eye; -- sometimes applied to the lachrymal ducts. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; wet + &unr_; form, mold. ] (Biol.) The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion. The latter is supposed to be partly nutritive and partly composed of idioplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. integer whole + E. pallial. ] (Zool.) Having the pallial line entire, or without a sinus, as certain bivalve shells. [ 1913 Webster ]