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grappled |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grapple \Grap"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grappled}; p. pr & vb n. {Grappling}.] [F. grappiller OF graypil the grapple of a ship, fr graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German origin. See {Grape}.] 1. To seize; to lay fast hold of to attack at close quarters: as to grapple an antagonist. 2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly. The gallies were grappled to the Centurion. --Hakluyt. Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. --Shak.
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