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wrestled |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wrestle \Wres"tle\, v. i. [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 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.
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