"grubble" meaning in All languages combined

See grubble on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: grubbles [present, singular, third-person], grubbling [participle, present], grubbled [participle, past], grubbled [past]
Etymology: From grub + -le, frequentative, but compare grabble. Etymology templates: {{af|en|grub|-le|id2=verbal frequentative}} grub + -le Head templates: {{en-verb}} grubble (third-person singular simple present grubbles, present participle grubbling, simple past and past participle grubbled)
  1. (obsolete or rare, transitive, intransitive) To feel or grope in the dark. Tags: intransitive, obsolete, rare, transitive Synonyms: fumble, grabble, feel around

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1704, John Dryden, Poetical Miscellanies, volume 5, London, translation of Amores by Ovid, page 28:",
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        "(obsolete or rare, transitive, intransitive) To feel or grope in the dark."
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