Wrestle
Wrestle , intransitive verb
[Old English wrestlen, wrastlen, Anglo-Saxon wr{not transcribed}stlian, freq. of wr{not transcribed}stan to wrest; akin to OD. wrastelen to wrestle. See Wrest, transitive verb]
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.
Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum.
2.
Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
Come, wrestle with thy affections.
We wrestle not against flesh and blood.
Difficulties with which he had himself wrestled.
Wrestle , transitive verb
To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
Wrestle , noun
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.