wrestle

v. t. To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wrestled p. pr. & vb. n. Wrestling ] [ OE. wrestlen, wrastlen, AS. wr&unr_;stlian, freq. of wr&unr_;stan to wrest; akin to OD. wrastelen to wrestle. See Wrest, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him well. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend. [ 1913 Webster ]

Come, wrestle with thy affections. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

We wrestle not against flesh and blood. Eph. vi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

Difficulties with which he had himself wrestled. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whom in a wrestle the giant catching aloft, with a terrible hug broke three of his ribs. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]