Wres"tle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wrestled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wrestling (?).] [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.
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Wres"tle, v. t.
To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
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Wres"tle, 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.
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