To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.
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Fertile. See Battel, a.
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To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.
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To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
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To engage in combat for; to strive for.
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Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in det…
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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
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Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.
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To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.
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To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.
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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
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One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
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One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
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To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.
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To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.
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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
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A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.
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To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
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To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
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