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Wrestle

Wrestle (wrestle)
v. i.(?)
Wres"tle
[imp. *** p. p. Wrestled (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Wrestling (?).] [OE. wrestlen, wrastlen, AS. wr&?]stlian, freq. of wr(?)stan to wrest; akin to OD. wrastelen
  1. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.

    To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him well. Shak.

    Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. Wiseman.

  2. Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.

    Come, wrestle with thy affections. Shak.

    We wrestle not against flesh and blood. Eph. vi. 12.

    Difficulties with which he had himself wrestled. M. Arnold.

Wrestle

Wrestle (wrestle)
v. t.
Wres"tle
  1. To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.

Wrestle

Wrestle (wrestle)
n.
Wres"tle
  1. A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.

    Whom in a wrestle the giant catching aloft, with a terrible hug broke three of his ribs. Milton.













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