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† inˈgrapple, v. Obs. Also 8 en-. [f. in-2 + grapple v.] intr. and trans. To join in grappling; to grapple together.
1597Daniel Civ. Wars iv. xxxiv, Then shall young Hot⁓spur..Ingrapple [ed. 1718 engrapple] with thy sonne. 1599― Let. Octavia Wks. 1717 I. 83 At whose ingrappling, Neptune's Mantle takes A purple Colour. 1612Drayton Poly-olb. xii. 292 Two lyons fierce..at one another flie, And with their armed pawes ingrappled dreadfully. a1661Fuller Worthies, Lincolnsh. ii. (1662) 144 A Cub-Foxe..had his head seised on by a mighty Pike, so that neither could free themselves, but were ingrapled together. |