Grope

·vi To feel with or use the hands; to Handle.

II. Grope ·vt To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight.

III. Grope ·vt To Examine; to Test; to Sound.

IV. Grope ·vi To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.