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.
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   1. to contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or
      throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.
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            to-morrow, sir, i wrestle for my credit, and he that
            escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him
            well.                                 --shak.
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            another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of
            the clavicle from the sternum.        --wiseman.
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   2. hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
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            come, wrestle with thy affections.    --shak.
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            we wrestle not against flesh and blood. --eph. vi.
                                                  12.
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            difficulties with which he had himself wrestled.
                                                  --m. arnold.
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see also:
wrestled wrestling wrest