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wrestle

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wrestle

v. i. [OE. wrestlen, wrastlen, AS. wrstlian, freq. of wrstan to wrest; akin to OD. wrastelen to wrestle. See Wrest, v. t.] ()

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.)

v. t. To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling. ()

n. 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.)