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agrope

/əˈɡɹoʊp/

adverb

In the act of groping.

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Meanings

adverbagrope (not comparable)

not comparableIn the act of groping.
Life and life and life! agrope in The dusk of death, warm hands, stretched out For swords, proved more life still to hope in.
1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Italy and the World
1 more example
And he saw other things too in her manner: saw how it had adjusted itself to the hidden intricacies of a situation in which, even after Mrs. Fisher's elucidating flashes, he still felt himself agrope.
1905, Edith Wharton, House of Mirth

Origin

From a- + grope.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with agrope

hope scope soap pope rope nope taupe lop ope grope lope tope trope misanthrope elope mope chope aslope dedope forlorn hope interlope no-scope

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APA

agrope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agrope

MLA

“agrope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agrope. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agrope,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agrope.

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