British spelling of groveled; past tense of grovel.
Same etymology as groveled, but following British English spelling conventions which double the final consonant before adding -ed.
British and American spellings diverged on words like this—'grovelled' with double-l is how you'd write it in London, but American editors would change it to single-l, reflecting a broader transatlantic spelling split.
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