The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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