Category:Wrestle

Wres"tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wrestled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrestling.] Etym: [oe. wrestlen, wrastlen, as. wr, freq. of wr 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.

Wrestle Wres"tle, v. t.

Defn: to wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.

Wrestle Wres"tle, n.

Defn: 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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Wrestle - (Ephesians 6:12). See GAMES.