wrestlev.

Brit.

/ˈrɛsl/, U.S.

/ˈrɛs(ə)l/

Forms: α. (Old English wræstlian), Middle English wræstlen, wreastlen, wreastlin, wrestilen, wrestlen, wrestlyn, wrestelon, Middle English–1500s wrestel, wrestil, Middle English wrestele, wrestell, wrestyll, Middle English– wrestle (1500s wressell). β. Middle English wrastlen, wrastelen, wrastel(l)yn, wrastlyn, Middle English–1500s wrastel, Middle English wrastele, wrastil, wrastill, wrastule, wrastyl, 1500s wrastyll(e, wrastell, Middle English– (latterly Scottish, English dialect, or U.S. dialect) wrastle (1500s wrasle, 1700s– rassle, chiefly U.S. dialect rastle, wrassle, 1800s dialect wrostle, wros(s)le); Middle English wrastli, wrastly, 1800s south-western dialect wrastly, wrassly. γ. Middle English wristele, wristle, wrystille, wrystel, 1800s dialect wrustle, wrus(s)le, russel.

Etymology: Old English *wrǽstlian , frequentative of wrǽstan to wrest v., represented in the cognate languages by North Frisian wrassele , wrûstle , Middle Low German worstelen , wrostelen , Low German wrösseln , frösseln , Middle Dutch worstelen (also Dutch), werstelen , wrastelen . Compare warsle v., wraxle v.

I. intransitive.

a. To strive with strength and skill to throw a person to the ground by grappling with him; to endeavour to overpower and lay down another, esp. in a contest governed by fixed rules, by embracing his body and limbs and tripping or overbalancing him. Also with †samen, †yfere, together.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > wrestle [verb (intransitive)]

wraxlec1000

wrestlea1100

warslea1400

ringle1648

α.

a1100 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses 122/1 Palestram, wræstlunge.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12326 Summe heo wræstleden [c1300 Otho wraxlede] and wiðer-gome makeden.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 931 Brutus hine lette witen..to wreastlene [c1300 Otho wraxli] bi-foren Brutus Geomagog & Corineus.

a1400 [see β. ]. a1400 [see γ. ].

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 533/2 Wrestelon, luctor, palestriso.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. iv. 14 So to gedre they wrestled longe tyme.

1503 in Meyrick Ant. Armour (1824) III. 238 To wrestle all manner of ways, at the pleasure of the commers.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 116^v To wrastle in the games of Olympia.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 229 With professours of wrestling, to bestrew his bodie with dust..for to wrestle.

1718 A. Thompson tr. Geoffrey of Monmouth iv. viii. 107 Two noble Youths..wrestled together, and afterwards had a Dispute about the Victory.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xxiii. 915 Arising to a third essay, They should have wrestled yet again.

1811 Sporting Mag. 38 290 A handsome sum of money has been subscribed to be wrestled for.

1889 W. Armstrong Wrestling in W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 183 The platforms at rural fairs where local champions wrestled for a fall.

β. a1250 Ancr. R. 318 (MS. Titus D. xviii) Ich..biheold oðe wrastling, oðer me self wrastlede.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7439 Ac he ouercom þe deuel, & adoun him caste, To gadere as hii wrastlede, & bond is honden vaste.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3939 Sa lang þai wrasteld [Gött. wrestild, Fairf. wresteled] samen þare þat iacob was þan hurt wel sare.c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 8 Pipen he koude,..and wel wrastle and sheete.c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 164 Þus þai wrasteld to-gedyr, & þis man fell.1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xiv. 320 He..toke the kynge wyth both his armes by the waste, & wrastled togyder alonge whyle.1548 W. Forrest Pleasaunt Poesye 387 in T. Starkey Eng. in Reign King Henry VIII (1878) i. p. xcv^v To shoote, to wrastle, to dooe anye mannys feate.1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. x. 86 [They] do wrastle..two and two with force of armes.1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 8 We wrastle not..For painted Sheep-hooks, or such pettie Prize.1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 288 I am now a laying in the fourth week; and I am strong enough even to wrastle.1758 L. Lyon in Mil. Jrnls. (1855) 33 [They] hopt and rassled together to see which would beat and our men Beat.1795 H. Macneill Scotland's Skaith ii Wha wi' Will cou'd rin or wrastle, Throw the sledge, or toss the bar?1896 P. A. Graham Red Scaur vi Learnin' her son to box..and wrastle.1974 Black World Jan. 56/2 He might be stronger'n me and he might wrassle the best, but I got his waters on, all right.γ. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3933 Sammen handlinges wristeld [Fairf. wresteled] þai Al þe night, til it was dai.?a1400 Morte Arth. 1141 Wrothely þai wrythyne and wrystille togederz.1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Macc. iv. 14 To lerne to fight, to wristle,..& to put at y^e stone.1869– in Eng. Dial. Dict. Wrustle, wrussle, russle, etc.

b. Const. with or †mid (a person, etc.).

α.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1803 Iacob..bi-lef ðor on ðe nigt..And ðor wrestelede an engel wið.

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ii. iii. 225 Wiþe hym wrestlyt þe angel.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. iv. 14 That he shold wrestell with Coryn.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 756/1 Wrestell nat with me, for I wyll throwe the on thy backe.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. viii. f. 131^v She woolde oftentymes play and wrestle..with the kynges chamberlens.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 502. ⁋5 Were there a Scene written, wherein Penkethman should break his Leg by wrestling with Bullock.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 246 He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves.

1856 C. Kingsley Heroes 169 He challenges all comers to wrestle with him.

1889 W. Armstrong Wrestling in W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 229 Sam Rundle..recently wrestled with Carkeck the American.

β. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 205 Þe ȝeope wrestlere Nimeð ȝeme hwat turn his fere ne cunne naut þet he wið wrestleð.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 515 Vor he ssolde mid corineus wrastli he adde iþoȝt.c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1798 A place to pleye, ordeyned Brutus,..[for Corineus] For to wrastle wyþ þat geaunt.c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 276 Sche couþe eke Wrastel..Wiþ any ȝonge man, were he neuere so whight.c1440 Gesta Romanorum lvii. 373 Darste thou wrastill with me?1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxvi. 565 He..toke aymonet by the wast for to wrastle wyth hym.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 785/1 I dare nat wrastell with hym, leste he gyve me a fall.1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice in Wks. (Grosart) II. 41/2 O thou, whom Iacob wrastled with a space.1668 H. More Divine Dialogues i. xxiii. 93 Consider..how many Spectres have been seen or felt to wrastle, pull or tug with a man.1940 L. I. Wilder Long Winter xvi. 150 I've spent this whole morning rasseling with that dumb horse.1941 Harper's Feb. 329/2 Leaving..us to rassle with the bear.1962 W. Faulkner Reivers v. 101 ‘What you been doing? wrassling with hogs?’ ‘We got in a mudhole.’γ. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxxii. 24 And loo ! a man wristlide with hym vnto the morwe.

c. To struggle physically (with something) after the manner of wrestling.

ΘΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight with [verb (transitive)]

fightOE

strugglec1386

wrestle1398

cope witha1467

undertake1470

to set one's foot by1536

skirmc1540

make1542

to break blows, words with1589

combata1592

to take up1600

warsle1606

stoush1924

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > carry on (a contest, fight, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > contend with

warc1230

to gripe with1377

repugnc1384

wrestle1398

stema1400

befight1474

vary1496

to break a lance with1589

mud-wrestle1988

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F3^v This infant..wrastling with snakes in his swadling cloutes.

1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. G It fits Ioues sonne Wrastle with Lyons, and to tugge with Beares.

1623 J. Taylor New Discouery by Sea A 6 Against the rugged waues, we tugge and wrastle.

1661 J. Howell Twelve Several Treat. 94 She tugs and wrastles with the foamie waves.

1821 J. Baillie Lady G. Baillie in Metrical Legends xxxii With her in mimick war they wrestle; Beneath her twisted robe they nestle.

1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen ii. 29 Thames the ‘old Eton fellow’ that wrestled with us in our boyhood.

1893 J. Robinson & S. Gilpin Wrestling 77 The boat..upset, and the strong man went down, unable to wrestle with his remorseless foe.

1936 in P. Oliver Screening Blues (1968) vi. 189 If you keep on rasslin' you gonna make me break my needle off.

figurative and in extended use.1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. xv. v vj [Mercury] is callyd the god of wrastlyng,..for he [= the planet] wrastlyth w^t the sonne as he wold ouercome hym.1539 Bible (Great) Ecclus. li. 19 My soule hath wrestled with her [sc. wisdom].a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xvi. 4 I wrassill with the wind.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 233 I haue in this worke wrastled with that envious and ravenous enemy Time.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Luicter contre les ombres, to wrastle with shadowes; to be angrie without cause.1844 A. B. Welby Poems (1867) 89 In bondage I must wrestle here with death.1893 J. Robinson & S. Gilpin Wrestling 41 When lying on his death bed, while wrestling with a foe sure to triumph in the end.

d. With complement.

1893 J. Robinson & S. Gilpin Wrestling p. xliv If Best did wrestle second,..it must have been for some minor prize.

1893 J. Robinson & S. Gilpin Wrestling 26 Morton threw Halliwell of Penrith, and..Anthony McDonald..wrestled up with him.

a. To contend or struggle in hostility or opposition (with or against another or others).

ΘΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)]

winc888

fightc900

flitec900

wraxlec1000

wrestlea1200

cockc1225

conteckc1290

strivec1290

struta1300

topc1305

to have, hold, make, take strifec1374

stightlea1375

debatec1386

batea1400

strugglec1412

hurlc1440

ruffle1440

warc1460

warslea1500

pingle?a1513

contend1529

repugn1529

scruggle1530

sturtc1535

tuga1550

broilc1567

threap1572

yoke1581

bustle1585

bandy1594

tilt1595

combat1597

to go (also shake, try, wrestle) a fall1597

mutiny1597

militate1598

combatizec1600

scuffle1601

to run (or ride) a-tilt1608

wage1608

contesta1618

stickle1625

conflict1628

stickle1647

dispute1656

fence1665

contrast1672

scramble1696

to battle it1715

rug1832

grabble1835

buffet1839

tussle1862

pickeer1892

passage1895

tangle1928

a1200 St. Marherete 14 Wrestlin ha moten ant wiðerin wið ham seoluen.

a1225 Leg. Kath. 2035 Wrecche mon..! hwerto wultu wreastlin wið þe worldes wealdent?

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiv. 224 If wratthe wrastel [v.r. wrystel] with þe pore.

1388–9 in Wyclif's Sel. Wks. III. 471 Prelatis, here deme ȝee and wrastulis ȝee who schal be mayster.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 350 Pan, which is the god of kinde, With Love wrastlede and was overcome.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Eph. vi. 12 We wrestle not agaynst flesshe and bloud: but..agaynst worldy ruelars.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxvij For Kyng Henry..and Richard..wresteled for the game, and stroue for the wager.

a1576 Bp. J. Pilkington Godlie Expos. Nehemiah (1585) iii. 5 41 b Men..that dare and wil wrastle with the rich in correction.

1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 116 Wrastling with the venetians they had almost bereaued them of their estate and taken their city.

1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. i. 3 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) Venice wrastleth with the Turk.

b. figurative. To strive or labour (esp. to obtain the mastery, superiority, or advantage) with or against difficulties, circumstances, forces, personal feelings, etc. Also (b) without const.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > strive or struggle

hiec888

to stand inc1175

wrag?c1225

wrestle?c1225

stretcha1375

strivec1384

pressc1390

hitc1400

wring1470

fend15..

battle1502

contend?1518

reluct1526

flichter1528

touse1542

struggle1597

to lay in1599

strain?1606

stickle1613

fork1681

sprattle1786

buffet1824

fight1859

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 64 To wrastle stalewurðliche to ȝein þeose deoueles swenges.

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xiii. 11 All þat wrestils agayns vices in actif lif.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋655 This vertu is so..vigerous that it dar..wrastle agayn the assautes of the deuel.

1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 1571 Who that..Wyl wrastle ageyn yt [sc. vengeance].

c1489 J. Skelton Dethe Erle of Northumberlande l. 82 in Poet. Wks. (1843) I. 9 They buskt them..Againe the kyngs plesure to wrestle or to wring.

c1534 T. Starkey Let. to T. Cromwell in J. P. Collier 9 Hist. Lett. (1871) 48 In such tyme as I was wrastelyng wyth my fevur.

1553 tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obed. 5 b Thei..haue wrestled against the truth of a long time.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 79 Iewes who wrestled in vaine against the decree of God.

1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim ix You must wrastle stoutly with the difficulties.

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 14 We rave, we wrestle with Great Nature's Plan.

a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) I. iv. 79 Strive to..wrestle against principalities and powers.

1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xxxii. 126 Rather wouldst Thou wrestle with strong pain, Than overcloud Thy soul.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xv. 305 I had to wrestle with my self-respect.

in extended use.?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda i. v. 52 Were it not thou art my fathers sonne, And striuing kindnes wrestled not with ire.(b)a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxviii. 170 Of corupcioun of my body, for it is heuy to wrestil here sa lange.c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 214 His witt schal be dressid and lad forthe..with myche lasse peyne and labour, than forto wrastle withinneforth in his owne ymaginaciouns.1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. NN The more that any persone relucteth, wrestleth or striueth, to ouercome these manyfolde temptacions.1565 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. i. 21 Who dothe wrest his will to wrastle in eche wronge.1654 E. Johnson Hist. New-Eng. *104 For the which all the Israel of God fight, wrastle, pray.

c. To strive earnestly (with God) in prayer.With allusion to Genesis 32:24–26.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > prayer > pray [verb (intransitive)] > strive earnestly in prayer

wrestle1612

society > faith > worship > prayer > pray [verb (transitive)] > strive earnestly with God in prayer

wrestle1612

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 180 The Lord..whom we must wrastle withall by our praiers.

1638 [see to wrestle out of at Phrasal verbs].

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila viii. lxxiv. 118 By Pray'r God's serv'd betimes; Remember Who The Blessing got by Wrastling so.

1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 57 [They] wrestled with God in their daily Prayers for his Release.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 74 We have prayed, and wrestled, and petitioned, for an offering.

1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. i. 30 The mother..wrestled with God in earnest prayer.

a. To labour, toil, or exert oneself; to strive (for something); to tussle.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)]

tillc897

stightlea1375

stretcha1375

wrestlea1382

to put it forthc1390

to put one's hand(s) to (also unto)a1398

paina1400

takea1400

to do one's busy pain (also care, cure, diligence)?a1430

to make great force?c1450

makec1485

to stir one's stumpsa1500

to bestir one's stumps1549

to make work1574

put1596

bestira1616

operate1650

to lay out1659

to be at pains1709

exerta1749

tew1787

maul1821

to take (the) trouble1830

to pull outc1835

bother1840

trouble1880

to buck up1890

hump1897

to go somea1911

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. li. 25 My soule wrastled in it; and in doing it I am confermed.

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Kv Thus go these prelates aboute to wrestle for honoure.

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vii. sig. S.ij^v They their ships in marble seas with ores dyd wrastlyng towe.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 469 Whilest Hysmaell was thus wrestling for the Persian kingdome.

1620 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes sig. I2^v They rebell, and wrastle, And neuer cease, till they subdue the Castle.

1831 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) IV. 28 How many a poor Hazlitt must..believe that he is seeking Truth, yet only wrestle among endless Sophisms.

1873 E. Gosse On Viol & Flute 55 Two of us swam out to it... And as I strove and wrestled in the race, I turned and saw [etc.].

figurative.1633 J. Shirley Bird in Cage i. i Like errand Knights, our valiant wits must wrastle To free our ladyes from the inchanted Castle.

b. Of natural agencies, etc.: to engage in conflict or strife; to act against each other.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > mutually (of things) > specifically of natural forces

wrestlea1400

conflict1626

a1400–50 Wars Alex. 784 As þe erth & all þe elementis at anes had wrestild.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 525 Wroþe wynde of þe welkyn wrastelez [MS reads wrasteleȝ] with þe sunne.

1865 S. Bowles Across Continent xviii. 185 River and rock have striven together, wrestling in close and doubtful embrace.

c. To engage in argument, debate, or controversy; to debate, dispute.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > contend, dispute, argue [verb (intransitive)]

flitec900

witherc1000

disputea1225

pleadc1275

strive1320

arguec1374

tolyc1440

toilc1450

wrestlec1450

altercate1530

disagree1534

dissent1538

contend1539

controvert1563

wrangle?1570

contestate?1572

to fend and prove?1578

contest1603

vie1604

controverse1605

discept1639

ergot1653

digladiatea1656

misprove1662

spar1698

argufy1804

spat1809

to cross swords1816

argle1823

to bandy words1828

polemize1828

controversialize1841

caffle1851

polemicize1881

ergotize1883

argy-bargy1887

cag1919

snack1956

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Augustine (1910) 53 A-geyn all þese þis souereyn maystir..stood as a strong geaunt, wrestiling with argumentis for þe clennesse of þe feith.

?1521 J. Fisher Serm. agayn Luther sig. Dij^v Here Martin luther for his shrewed brayne wyll some thyng wrastell agaynst vs.

1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 105 Hosius doth wrestle maruelously about the word.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 176 They were loath to wrastle with the people, or force them from dangerous customes.

d. To busy, occupy, or concern oneself closely or earnestly with a subject, etc.; to deal with something as a task or troublesome duty.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > take thought to do or busy oneself

wrestlec1454

warsle?a1513

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > engage in or busy oneself about > be earnestly occupied with

wrestlec1454

toil1600

c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 7 Summe..wrastlen so long þerwith til þei gete competent vndirstondyng þerof.

c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 15 Eny oþir hard writyng with which þei schulen wrastle.

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie viii. 39 The other..will rather cast awaie their armor, then wrastle with the difficulties of vnknown and vneasie passages.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. Pref. The yong student..wrastling with..difficult termes.

1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 14 I am wrestling still with —— and preparing you an after-dinners Recreation.

1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. Introd. 13 Wrestling with language and logic.

1905 R. Bagot Passport ix. 80 After wrestling with French history or German poetry.

a. To twist or writhe about; to wriggle, move sinuously; to work backwards and forwards.

ΘΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)]

wendOE

throwOE

to-writhec1000

windc1000

wrenchc1050

writhec1300

wrenka1400

wrestle?a1400

chervec1440

wring1470

wrele1513

wriggle1573

wrincha1625

curla1637

twingle1647

twine1666

twirl1706

retort1720

?a1400 Morte Arth. 890 He welterys, he wristeles, he wryngez hys handez.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 16 He wrange he wrastled, and cryed,..he wiste not how he myght gete out.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxxii. 655 Petrius peyned hym sore to a-rise and turned wrastelinge.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. iv. 82 The snaill..Fleand the birnand heit..A lang tyme gan do wrassill and to wreill.

a1618 J. Sylvester tr. O. de La Noue Profit Imprisonm. 659 When Eole doth unlock Sterne Auster's stormie gate, making the waters wrastle, And rush..against the sturdy Castle.

a1628 J. Preston New Covenant (1630) 154 Fire if it be out of its place, water, if it be out of its place, it is still wrastling..till it returne to its owne place.

c1870 B. Harte Friar Pedro's Ride in Fiddletown (1873) 108 He saw the wild oats wrestle on the hill.

b. To move or proceed with effort or toil; to struggle out (of) or through some place or condition. Also figurative.

ΘΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > with persistence, effort, or urgency

shovec888

thringc893

thresta1225

wina1300

thrustc1330

pressa1375

throngc1440

wrestc1450

thrimp1513

to put forward1529

intrude1562

breast1581

shoulder1581

haggle1582

strivea1586

wrestle1591

to push on (also along)1602

elabour1606

contend1609

to put on?1611

struggle1686

worry1702

crush1755

squeege1783

battle1797

scrouge1798

sweat1856

flounder1861

pull?1863

tank1939

bulldozer1952

terrier1959

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > make strenuous efforts > in face of difficulties

wring1470

warslea1500

contend?1518

agonize1570

wrestle1591

struggle1597

throe1615

pull1676

sprattle1786

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 150 The armie..could hardly wrestle out of the snowe.

1614 W. Lithgow Trav. L j b Wrestling amongst intricate pathes of rockes: two of our Asses fell ouer a banke.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 93 Wee..lost our way,..and at length wrastled to Geer.

1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xvii. clxxi. 327 Breath..forced is to goe about, And through the Noses Sluces wrestle out.

1728 A. Ramsay Robert Richy & Sandy 70 A squirrel wi' his bells Ay wrestling up.

1853 W. Cadenhead Flights of Fancy 255 (E.D.D.) When we've wrastled thro' the warl', as wrastle we maun a'.

1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 83 The flames running from thatch to thatch, and, as they express it, ‘wrastling’ across the intervening spaces.

1899 E. F. Heddle Marget at Manse 151 Once he said he would like to live to hear how Christian ‘wrastled through’.

II. transitive.

5. To engage in (a wrestling-bout or match). Also in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > wrestle with [verb (transitive)] > engage in a bout

wrestlea1400

a1400–50 Wars Alex. 2276 If it ȝoure mekill maieste miȝt any thinge plese, I wald to wacken ȝoure welth now wirstill a turne.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 5232 Þer-with þis land hath wrastled many a pul.

1588 Drake Let. 31 July in Barrow Life (1843) 304 We have the armey of Spayne before us, and mynd with the Grace of God to wressell a poull with hym.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xxxiii. 226 Now Ptolemais being to wrestle her last fall, stripped her self of all cumbersome clothes.

1645 R. Baillie Let. 17 June (1841) II. 281 We must wrestle a fall with some kind of creatures.

1672 R. Wild Let. Declar. Liberty Conscience 13 And for their Seditions and Treasons, let us leave Tyburn and them to wrastle a fair fall about them.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 81 Hark thee, friend,..wilt thou wrestle a fall with me?

1825 W. Scott Betrothed Concl., in Tales Crusaders II. 351 Have we not wrestled a turn before now?

1843 in Robinson & Gilpin Wrestling (1893) 58 Charles Lowden..would wrestle a match with any individual of the same age.

1855 C. Kingsley Heroes (1868) ii. iii. 216 I must wrestle a fall with him.

1883 Standard 24 Mar. 3/7 The final falls were wrestled between Moffatt and Kennedy.

a. To contend with (a person) in wrestling; to overcome by, throw in, wrestling. Also with down. Cf. the earlier over-wrestle over- prefix 1u, and warsle v. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > wrestle with [verb (transitive)]

warsle1606

wrestle1818

1818 in Robinson & Gilpin Wrestling (1893) 164 He now challenges his opponent..to wrestle him for ten guineas.

1843 in Robinson & Gilpin Wrestling (1893) 58 The veteran..will be happy to accept the challenge, and wrestle Mr. Lowden..for £5 or £10 a side.

1881 P. B. Du Chaillu Land Midnight Sun II. 51 A stout girl of twenty, strong enough to wrestle any man.

1903 S. E. White Forest xv [He] is not a mighty man physically... I think I could have wrestled Peter down.

1940 Sat. Evening Post 22 June 39/2 He could rassle any three men.

1968 Listener 30 May 702/3 In this picture he rides horses, climbs mountains and wrassles Indian chiefs.

1976 Listener 24 June 817/1 Thrown to the ground and wrastled by the brutally handsome Provo.

b. Western U.S. To throw (a calf) for branding.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [verb (transitive)] > methods in branding cattle

wrestle1888

1888 T. Roosevelt in Cent. Mag. Apr. 861/2 A fire is built, the irons heated, and a dozen men dismount to, as it is called, ‘wrestle’ the calves.

1893 N. K. Griggs Lyrics of Lariat 46 A Maverick daisy he saw—..And so He rastled it low And gave it a touch of his brand.

7. To push or thrust into something with a wrestling motion. More widely, to move (something inanimate or inert) with physical force. Const. various prepositions and adverbs.

ΘΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > with twisting

to wring in1579

writhe1583

wrest1597

to worm in1605

warp1803

wrestle1821

1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto V lxxviii. 174 Wrestling both his arms into a gown, He paused.

1970 J. Dickey Deliverance 186 I..dropped down on one knee and wrestled him across my shoulders in the fireman's carry from boy scout days.

1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 38 Eventually he wrestled all the string and paper into an armful-sized bundle and forced it down the Aga.

1973 M. Woodhouse Blue Bone vii. 63 We wrestled the crates down through the forward hatch.

1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 11 Sept. 2/7 Agents wrestled a ·45 calibre automatic pistol out of her hands.

1976 A. Price War Game i. viii. 142 The same hand, strong and supple.., had once wrestled a bomb-laden Lancaster into the air.

1976 V. J. Scott & D. Koski Walk-in x. 53 He wrestled one of the line of overhead doors up.

1981 J. D. MacDonald Free Fall in Crimson xiv. 159 A truck pulled up... Two men hopped out and started to wrestle the wicker basket out of the back.

Phrasal verbs

With adverbs. to wrestle down

To put down by wrestling or striving; to suppress, quell.

ΘΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.)

shendOE

whelvec1000

allayOE

ofdrunkenc1175

quenchc1175

quashc1275

stanchc1315

quella1325

slockena1340

drenchc1374

vanquishc1380

stuffa1387

daunt?a1400

adauntc1400

to put downa1425

overwhelmc1425

overwhelvec1450

quatc1450

slockc1485

suppressa1500

suffocate1526

quealc1530

to trample under foot1530

repress1532

quail1533

suppress1537

infringe1543

revocate1547

whelm1553

queasom1561

knetcha1564

squench1577

restinguish1579

to keep down1581

trample1583

repel1592

accable1602

crush1610

to wrestle down?1611

chokea1616

stranglea1616

stifle1621

smother1632

overpower1646

resuppress1654

strangulate1665

instranglea1670

to choke back, down, in, out1690

to nip or crush in the bud1746

spiflicate1749

squasha1777

to get under1799

burke1835

to stamp out1851

to trample down1853

quelch1864

to sit upon ——1864

squelch1864

smash1865

garrotte1878

scotch1888

douse1916

to drive under1920

stomp1936

stultify1958

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow > specifically a thing

allayOE

vanquishc1380

breaka1400

quealc1530

quail1533

ruin1585

to wrestle down?1611

to take down1889

to beat down-

the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > control oneself or the emotions [verb (transitive)]

govern1340

sober1390

obtempera1492

refrain?1521

control1568

obtemperate1575

command1586

smother1594

subject1620

controla1627

possess1643

reduce1643

devour1650

stiflea1683

to wrestle down1808

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xx. 31 These his words did such a warre excite, As no mans powre could wrastle downe.

1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. xxiii. 103 If..they wrestled down Feelings their nature strove to own.

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 126 I will wrestle down my feelings of rebellious humanity.

to wrestle off

† To set aside by argument; to controvert, rebut. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > an argument, statement, etc.

assoilc1370

disprovec1380

soilc1380

conclude1388

unprovea1425

denyc1425

oppugn?1435

deprevea1450

refelc1450

disapprove1481

impreve1488

confute1529

deprove1530

convince?1531

refute1533

save1591

convict1593

elide1593

redargue1613

to wrestle off1639

1639 W. Laud Relation Conf. Lawd & Fisher 241 Where is then the Scriptures Prerogative? I know there is much shifting about this Place [margin. Num. 2], but it cannot be wrastled off.

to wrestle out

†1. To struggle through (a period of time) in discourse, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > in distress, etc.

to scamble outc1571

wrest1577

to wrestle outa1730

a1730 A. Pennecuik Coll. Pennicuicke's Satires on Kirkmen (1744) 8 When Mis-John has wrestl'd out the [hour] Glass.

2. To go through, to perform or execute, to carry out, with struggle or effort.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)] > achieve or effect > with effort

to work out1534

to toil out1593

to wrestle out1823

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [verb (transitive)] > perform with effort

to wrestle out1823

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. xii. 278 In a moment the wretch wrestled out his last agonies.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxxiii I would rather wrastle out a logical dispute any day.

1842 H. E. Manning Serm. xxi. 312 They have wrestled out the strife with the unseen powers of the wicked one.

to wrestle out of

To drive or force out of something (as) by wrestling. Also figurative.

ΘΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > by other specific means

whip1567

out-dreama1625

to wrestle out of1638

snow1851

rummage1878

1638 A. Henderson Serm. (1867) 279 If so be that we will wrestle with God for a blessing, and prevail with him, then..we sall wrestle the enemies out of it also.

1858 R. Chambers Domest. Ann. Scotl. I. 9 How to wrestle the people out of their love of the May-games.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	wrestle
释义	wrestlen. Brit. /ˈrɛsl/, U.S. /ˈrɛs(ə)l/ Etymology: < wrestle v. Compare warsle n. 1. Without article. The action of wrestling or struggling; the fact of having wrestled. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] wraxlingc1000 wrestling?c1225 warslinga1450 palaestraa1500 wrestle1593 1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) iv. pr. vii. 99 So ought not a wise man beare with greefe, fortunes wrestell [L. certamen fortunæ]. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 810 His pangs And murdering wrestle, As..he hangs A gibbet's tassel. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. ix. 118 War in Italy, universal spasm of wrestle there, being now the expectation of foolish mankind. 1883 Cent. Mag. Oct. 819/1 Their limbs gnarled and twisted as if they had won their places by splendid wrestle. 1915 A. Quiller-Couch Nicky-Nan xvii He paused, seemingly in wrestle with an inward reluctance. 2. a. A struggle between two persons, each trying to throw the other by grasping his body or limbs; also, a wrestling-bout according to rules; a wrestling-match. Also with over, up. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > bout thro1303 wrestling1303 pulla1400 fall1597 wrestling pull1602 wrestle1670 wrestling-matcha1684 warslec1811 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. i. 13 Corineus,..Whom in a Wrestle the Giant catching aloft, with a terrible hugg broke three of his Ribs. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton King Arthur i. lxxvi Beyond the tilt-yard spread the larger space, For the strong wrestle and the breathless race. 1854 W. Waterworth Orig. Anglicanism 196 Fondness for the wrestle and the race prevailed. 1893 J. Robinson & S. Gilpin Wrestling 54 On the following day, the loser in the wrestle up proved victorious. 1893 J. Robinson & S. Gilpin Wrestling 85 Owing to some oversight on the part of the umpires, they decided it must be a wrestle over. b. figurative. A struggle or contest. ΘΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of flitec1000 strifea1225 wara1300 pulla1400 lakec1420 contenta1450 stour?c1450 contentiona1500 pingle1543 agony1555 feudc1565 combat1567 skirmish1576 grapple1604 counter-scuffle1628 scuffle1641 agon1649 tug1660 tug of war1677 risse1684 struggle1692 palaver1707 hash1789 warsle1792 scrabble1794 set-to1794 go1823 bucklea1849 wrestle1850 tussle1857 head-to-head1884 scrum1905 battleground1931 shoot-out1953 mud-wrestle1986 the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > striving or struggling > an act of strugglingc1386 effort1490 bargain1615 struggle1692 pilget1777 warsle1792 sprattle1824 wrestle1893 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets iii. 4 Both parties in the wrestle professing earnest wishes of peace to us. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 62 The body politic..straining every nerve in a wrestle for life or death. 1893 Horton Gospel Entering Europe 27 [Paul's] long wrestle with spiritual realities in the desert of Arabia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wrestlev. Brit. /ˈrɛsl/, U.S. /ˈrɛs(ə)l/ Forms: α. (Old English wræstlian), Middle English wræstlen, wreastlen, wreastlin, wrestilen, wrestlen, wrestlyn, wrestelon, Middle English–1500s wrestel, wrestil, Middle English wrestele, wrestell, wrestyll, Middle English– wrestle (1500s wressell). β. Middle English wrastlen, wrastelen, wrastel(l)yn, wrastlyn, Middle English–1500s wrastel, Middle English wrastele, wrastil, wrastill, wrastule, wrastyl, 1500s wrastyll(e, wrastell, Middle English– (latterly Scottish, English dialect, or U.S. dialect) wrastle (1500s wrasle, 1700s– rassle, chiefly U.S. dialect rastle, wrassle, 1800s dialect wrostle, wros(s)le); Middle English wrastli, wrastly, 1800s south-western dialect wrastly, wrassly. γ. Middle English wristele, wristle, wrystille, wrystel, 1800s dialect wrustle, wrus(s)le, russel. Etymology: Old English wrǽstlian , frequentative of wrǽstan* to wrest v., represented in the cognate languages by North Frisian wrassele , wrûstle , Middle Low German worstelen , wrostelen , Low German wrösseln , frösseln , Middle Dutch worstelen (also Dutch), werstelen , wrastelen . Compare warsle v., wraxle v. I. intransitive. 1. a. To strive with strength and skill to throw a person to the ground by grappling with him; to endeavour to overpower and lay down another, esp. in a contest governed by fixed rules, by embracing his body and limbs and tripping or overbalancing him. Also with †samen, †yfere, together. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > wrestle [verb (intransitive)] wraxlec1000 wrestlea1100 warslea1400 ringle1648 α. a1100 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses 122/1 Palestram, wræstlunge. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12326 Summe heo wræstleden [c1300 Otho wraxlede] and wiðer-gome makeden. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 931 Brutus hine lette witen..to wreastlene [c1300 Otho wraxli] bi-foren Brutus Geomagog & Corineus. a1400 [see β. ]. a1400 [see γ. ]. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 533/2 Wrestelon, luctor, palestriso. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. iv. 14 So to gedre they wrestled longe tyme. 1503 in Meyrick Ant. Armour (1824) III. 238 To wrestle all manner of ways, at the pleasure of the commers. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 116^v To wrastle in the games of Olympia. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 229 With professours of wrestling, to bestrew his bodie with dust..for to wrestle. 1718 A. Thompson tr. Geoffrey of Monmouth iv. viii. 107 Two noble Youths..wrestled together, and afterwards had a Dispute about the Victory. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xxiii. 915 Arising to a third essay, They should have wrestled yet again. 1811 Sporting Mag. 38 290 A handsome sum of money has been subscribed to be wrestled for. 1889 W. Armstrong Wrestling in W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 183 The platforms at rural fairs where local champions wrestled for a fall. β. a1250 Ancr. R. 318 (MS. Titus D. xviii) Ich..biheold oðe wrastling, oðer me self wrastlede.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7439 Ac he ouercom þe deuel, & adoun him caste, To gadere as hii wrastlede, & bond is honden vaste.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3939 Sa lang þai wrasteld [Gött. wrestild, Fairf. wresteled] samen þare þat iacob was þan hurt wel sare.c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 8 Pipen he koude,..and wel wrastle and sheete.c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 164 Þus þai wrasteld to-gedyr, & þis man fell.1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xiv. 320 He..toke the kynge wyth both his armes by the waste, & wrastled togyder alonge whyle.1548 W. Forrest Pleasaunt Poesye 387 in T. Starkey Eng. in Reign King Henry VIII (1878) i. p. xcv^v To shoote, to wrastle, to dooe anye mannys feate.1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. x. 86 [They] do wrastle..two and two with force of armes.1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 8 We wrastle not..For painted Sheep-hooks, or such pettie Prize.1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 288 I am now a laying in the fourth week; and I am strong enough even to wrastle.1758 L. Lyon in Mil. Jrnls. (1855) 33 [They] hopt and rassled together to see which would beat and our men Beat.1795 H. Macneill Scotland's Skaith ii Wha wi' Will cou'd rin or wrastle, Throw the sledge, or toss the bar?1896 P. A. Graham Red Scaur vi Learnin' her son to box..and wrastle.1974 Black World Jan. 56/2 He might be stronger'n me and he might wrassle the best, but I got his waters on, all right.γ. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3933 Sammen handlinges wristeld [Fairf. wresteled] þai Al þe night, til it was dai.?a1400 Morte Arth. 1141 Wrothely þai wrythyne and wrystille togederz.1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Macc. iv. 14 To lerne to fight, to wristle,..& to put at y^e stone.1869– in Eng. Dial. Dict. Wrustle, wrussle, russle, etc. b. Const. with or †mid (a person, etc.). Π α. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1803 Iacob..bi-lef ðor on ðe nigt..And ðor wrestelede an engel wið. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ii. iii. 225 Wiþe hym wrestlyt þe angel. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. iv. 14 That he shold wrestell with Coryn. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 756/1 Wrestell nat with me, for I wyll throwe the on thy backe. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. viii. f. 131^v She woolde oftentymes play and wrestle..with the kynges chamberlens. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 502. ⁋5 Were there a Scene written, wherein Penkethman should break his Leg by wrestling with Bullock. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 246 He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves. 1856 C. Kingsley Heroes 169 He challenges all comers to wrestle with him. 1889 W. Armstrong Wrestling in W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 229 Sam Rundle..recently wrestled with Carkeck the American. β. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 205 Þe ȝeope wrestlere Nimeð ȝeme hwat turn his fere ne cunne naut þet he wið wrestleð.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 515 Vor he ssolde mid corineus wrastli he adde iþoȝt.c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1798 A place to pleye, ordeyned Brutus,..[for Corineus] For to wrastle wyþ þat geaunt.c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 276 Sche couþe eke Wrastel..Wiþ any ȝonge man, were he neuere so whight.c1440 Gesta Romanorum lvii. 373 Darste thou wrastill with me?1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxvi. 565 He..toke aymonet by the wast for to wrastle wyth hym.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 785/1 I dare nat wrastell with hym, leste he gyve me a fall.1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice in Wks. (Grosart) II. 41/2 O thou, whom Iacob wrastled with a space.1668 H. More Divine Dialogues i. xxiii. 93 Consider..how many Spectres have been seen or felt to wrastle, pull or tug with a man.1940 L. I. Wilder Long Winter xvi. 150 I've spent this whole morning rasseling with that dumb horse.1941 Harper's Feb. 329/2 Leaving..us to rassle with the bear.1962 W. Faulkner Reivers v. 101 ‘What you been doing? wrassling with hogs?’ ‘We got in a mudhole.’γ. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxxii. 24 And loo ! a man wristlide with hym vnto the morwe. c. To struggle physically (with something) after the manner of wrestling. ΘΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight with [verb (transitive)] fightOE strugglec1386 wrestle1398 cope witha1467 undertake1470 to set one's foot by1536 skirmc1540 make1542 to break blows, words with1589 combata1592 to take up1600 warsle1606 stoush1924 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > carry on (a contest, fight, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > contend with warc1230 to gripe with1377 repugnc1384 wrestle1398 stema1400 befight1474 vary1496 to break a lance with1589 mud-wrestle1988 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F3^v This infant..wrastling with snakes in his swadling cloutes. 1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. G It fits Ioues sonne Wrastle with Lyons, and to tugge with Beares. 1623 J. Taylor New Discouery by Sea A 6 Against the rugged waues, we tugge and wrastle. 1661 J. Howell Twelve Several Treat. 94 She tugs and wrastles with the foamie waves. 1821 J. Baillie Lady G. Baillie in Metrical Legends xxxii With her in mimick war they wrestle; Beneath her twisted robe they nestle. 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen ii. 29 Thames the ‘old Eton fellow’ that wrestled with us in our boyhood. 1893 J. Robinson & S. Gilpin Wrestling 77 The boat..upset, and the strong man went down, unable to wrestle with his remorseless foe. 1936 in P. Oliver Screening Blues (1968) vi. 189 If you keep on rasslin' you gonna make me break my needle off. figurative and in extended use.1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. xv. v vj [Mercury] is callyd the god of wrastlyng,..for he [= the planet] wrastlyth w^t the sonne as he wold ouercome hym.1539 Bible (Great) Ecclus. li. 19 My soule hath wrestled with her [sc. wisdom].a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xvi. 4 I wrassill with the wind.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 233 I haue in this worke wrastled with that envious and ravenous enemy Time.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Luicter contre les ombres, to wrastle with shadowes; to be angrie without cause.1844 A. B. Welby Poems (1867) 89 In bondage I must wrestle here with death.1893 J. Robinson & S. Gilpin Wrestling 41 When lying on his death bed, while wrestling with a foe sure to triumph in the end. d. With complement. Π 1893 J. Robinson & S. Gilpin Wrestling p. xliv If Best did wrestle second,..it must have been for some minor prize. 1893 J. Robinson & S. Gilpin Wrestling 26 Morton threw Halliwell of Penrith, and..Anthony McDonald..wrestled up with him. 2. a. To contend or struggle in hostility or opposition (with or against another or others). ΘΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)] winc888 fightc900 flitec900 wraxlec1000 wrestlea1200 cockc1225 conteckc1290 strivec1290 struta1300 topc1305 to have, hold, make, take strifec1374 stightlea1375 debatec1386 batea1400 strugglec1412 hurlc1440 ruffle1440 warc1460 warslea1500 pingle?a1513 contend1529 repugn1529 scruggle1530 sturtc1535 tuga1550 broilc1567 threap1572 yoke1581 bustle1585 bandy1594 tilt1595 combat1597 to go (also shake, try, wrestle) a fall1597 mutiny1597 militate1598 combatizec1600 scuffle1601 to run (or ride) a-tilt1608 wage1608 contesta1618 stickle1625 conflict1628 stickle1647 dispute1656 fence1665 contrast1672 scramble1696 to battle it1715 rug1832 grabble1835 buffet1839 tussle1862 pickeer1892 passage1895 tangle1928 a1200 St. Marherete 14 Wrestlin ha moten ant wiðerin wið ham seoluen. a1225 Leg. Kath. 2035 Wrecche mon..! hwerto wultu wreastlin wið þe worldes wealdent? 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiv. 224 If wratthe wrastel [v.r. wrystel] with þe pore. 1388–9 in Wyclif's Sel. Wks. III. 471 Prelatis, here deme ȝee and wrastulis ȝee who schal be mayster. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 350 Pan, which is the god of kinde, With Love wrastlede and was overcome. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Eph. vi. 12 We wrestle not agaynst flesshe and bloud: but..agaynst worldy ruelars. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxvij For Kyng Henry..and Richard..wresteled for the game, and stroue for the wager. a1576 Bp. J. Pilkington Godlie Expos. Nehemiah (1585) iii. 5 41 b Men..that dare and wil wrastle with the rich in correction. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 116 Wrastling with the venetians they had almost bereaued them of their estate and taken their city. 1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. i. 3 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) Venice wrastleth with the Turk. b. figurative. To strive or labour (esp. to obtain the mastery, superiority, or advantage) with or against difficulties, circumstances, forces, personal feelings, etc. Also (b) without const. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > strive or struggle hiec888 to stand inc1175 wrag?c1225 wrestle?c1225 stretcha1375 strivec1384 pressc1390 hitc1400 wring1470 fend15.. battle1502 contend?1518 reluct1526 flichter1528 touse1542 struggle1597 to lay in1599 strain?1606 stickle1613 fork1681 sprattle1786 buffet1824 fight1859 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 64 To wrastle stalewurðliche to ȝein þeose deoueles swenges. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xiii. 11 All þat wrestils agayns vices in actif lif. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋655 This vertu is so..vigerous that it dar..wrastle agayn the assautes of the deuel. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 1571 Who that..Wyl wrastle ageyn yt [sc. vengeance]. c1489 J. Skelton Dethe Erle of Northumberlande l. 82 in Poet. Wks. (1843) I. 9 They buskt them..Againe the kyngs plesure to wrestle or to wring. c1534 T. Starkey Let. to T. Cromwell in J. P. Collier 9 Hist. Lett. (1871) 48 In such tyme as I was wrastelyng wyth my fevur. 1553 tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obed. 5 b Thei..haue wrestled against the truth of a long time. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 79 Iewes who wrestled in vaine against the decree of God. 1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim ix You must wrastle stoutly with the difficulties. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 14 We rave, we wrestle with Great Nature's Plan. a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) I. iv. 79 Strive to..wrestle against principalities and powers. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xxxii. 126 Rather wouldst Thou wrestle with strong pain, Than overcloud Thy soul. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xv. 305 I had to wrestle with my self-respect. in extended use.?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda i. v. 52 Were it not thou art my fathers sonne, And striuing kindnes wrestled not with ire.(b)a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxviii. 170 Of corupcioun of my body, for it is heuy to wrestil here sa lange.c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 214 His witt schal be dressid and lad forthe..with myche lasse peyne and labour, than forto wrastle withinneforth in his owne ymaginaciouns.1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. NN The more that any persone relucteth, wrestleth or striueth, to ouercome these manyfolde temptacions.1565 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. i. 21 Who dothe wrest his will to wrastle in eche wronge.1654 E. Johnson Hist. New-Eng. 104 For the which all the Israel of God fight, wrastle, pray. c. To strive earnestly (with* God) in prayer.With allusion to Genesis 32:24–26. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > pray [verb (intransitive)] > strive earnestly in prayer wrestle1612 society > faith > worship > prayer > pray [verb (transitive)] > strive earnestly with God in prayer wrestle1612 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 180 The Lord..whom we must wrastle withall by our praiers. 1638 [see to wrestle out of at Phrasal verbs]. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila viii. lxxiv. 118 By Pray'r God's serv'd betimes; Remember Who The Blessing got by Wrastling so. 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 57 [They] wrestled with God in their daily Prayers for his Release. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 74 We have prayed, and wrestled, and petitioned, for an offering. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. i. 30 The mother..wrestled with God in earnest prayer. 3. a. To labour, toil, or exert oneself; to strive (for something); to tussle. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] tillc897 stightlea1375 stretcha1375 wrestlea1382 to put it forthc1390 to put one's hand(s) to (also unto)a1398 paina1400 takea1400 to do one's busy pain (also care, cure, diligence)?a1430 to make great force?c1450 makec1485 to stir one's stumpsa1500 to bestir one's stumps1549 to make work1574 put1596 bestira1616 operate1650 to lay out1659 to be at pains1709 exerta1749 tew1787 maul1821 to take (the) trouble1830 to pull outc1835 bother1840 trouble1880 to buck up1890 hump1897 to go somea1911 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. li. 25 My soule wrastled in it; and in doing it I am confermed. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Kv Thus go these prelates aboute to wrestle for honoure. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vii. sig. S.ij^v They their ships in marble seas with ores dyd wrastlyng towe. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 469 Whilest Hysmaell was thus wrestling for the Persian kingdome. 1620 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes sig. I2^v They rebell, and wrastle, And neuer cease, till they subdue the Castle. 1831 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) IV. 28 How many a poor Hazlitt must..believe that he is seeking Truth, yet only wrestle among endless Sophisms. 1873 E. Gosse On Viol & Flute 55 Two of us swam out to it... And as I strove and wrestled in the race, I turned and saw [etc.]. figurative.1633 J. Shirley Bird in Cage i. i Like errand Knights, our valiant wits must wrastle To free our ladyes from the inchanted Castle. b. Of natural agencies, etc.: to engage in conflict or strife; to act against each other. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > mutually (of things) > specifically of natural forces wrestlea1400 conflict1626 a1400–50 Wars Alex. 784 As þe erth & all þe elementis at anes had wrestild. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 525 Wroþe wynde of þe welkyn wrastelez [MS reads wrasteleȝ] with þe sunne. 1865 S. Bowles Across Continent xviii. 185 River and rock have striven together, wrestling in close and doubtful embrace. c. To engage in argument, debate, or controversy; to debate, dispute. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > contend, dispute, argue [verb (intransitive)] flitec900 witherc1000 disputea1225 pleadc1275 strive1320 arguec1374 tolyc1440 toilc1450 wrestlec1450 altercate1530 disagree1534 dissent1538 contend1539 controvert1563 wrangle?1570 contestate?1572 to fend and prove?1578 contest1603 vie1604 controverse1605 discept1639 ergot1653 digladiatea1656 misprove1662 spar1698 argufy1804 spat1809 to cross swords1816 argle1823 to bandy words1828 polemize1828 controversialize1841 caffle1851 polemicize1881 ergotize1883 argy-bargy1887 cag1919 snack1956 c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Augustine (1910) 53 A-geyn all þese þis souereyn maystir..stood as a strong geaunt, wrestiling with argumentis for þe clennesse of þe feith. ?1521 J. Fisher Serm. agayn Luther sig. Dij^v Here Martin luther for his shrewed brayne wyll some thyng wrastell agaynst vs. 1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 105 Hosius doth wrestle maruelously about the word. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 176 They were loath to wrastle with the people, or force them from dangerous customes. d. To busy, occupy, or concern oneself closely or earnestly with a subject, etc.; to deal with something as a task or troublesome duty. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > take thought to do or busy oneself wrestlec1454 warsle?a1513 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > engage in or busy oneself about > be earnestly occupied with wrestlec1454 toil1600 c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 7 Summe..wrastlen so long þerwith til þei gete competent vndirstondyng þerof. c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 15 Eny oþir hard writyng with which þei schulen wrastle. 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie viii. 39 The other..will rather cast awaie their armor, then wrastle with the difficulties of vnknown and vneasie passages. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. Pref. The yong student..wrastling with..difficult termes. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 14 I am wrestling still with —— and preparing you an after-dinners Recreation. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. Introd. 13 Wrestling with language and logic. 1905 R. Bagot Passport ix. 80 After wrestling with French history or German poetry. 4. a. To twist or writhe about; to wriggle, move sinuously; to work backwards and forwards. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] wendOE throwOE to-writhec1000 windc1000 wrenchc1050 writhec1300 wrenka1400 wrestle?a1400 chervec1440 wring1470 wrele1513 wriggle1573 wrincha1625 curla1637 twingle1647 twine1666 twirl1706 retort1720 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 890 He welterys, he wristeles, he wryngez hys handez. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 16 He wrange he wrastled, and cryed,..he wiste not how he myght gete out. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxxii. 655 Petrius peyned hym sore to a-rise and turned wrastelinge. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. iv. 82 The snaill..Fleand the birnand heit..A lang tyme gan do wrassill and to wreill. a1618 J. Sylvester tr. O. de La Noue Profit Imprisonm. 659 When Eole doth unlock Sterne Auster's stormie gate, making the waters wrastle, And rush..against the sturdy Castle. a1628 J. Preston New Covenant (1630) 154 Fire if it be out of its place, water, if it be out of its place, it is still wrastling..till it returne to its owne place. c1870 B. Harte Friar Pedro's Ride in Fiddletown (1873) 108 He saw the wild oats wrestle on the hill. b. To move or proceed with effort or toil; to struggle out (of) or through some place or condition. Also figurative. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > with persistence, effort, or urgency shovec888 thringc893 thresta1225 wina1300 thrustc1330 pressa1375 throngc1440 wrestc1450 thrimp1513 to put forward1529 intrude1562 breast1581 shoulder1581 haggle1582 strivea1586 wrestle1591 to push on (also along)1602 elabour1606 contend1609 to put on?1611 struggle1686 worry1702 crush1755 squeege1783 battle1797 scrouge1798 sweat1856 flounder1861 pull?1863 tank1939 bulldozer1952 terrier1959 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > make strenuous efforts > in face of difficulties wring1470 warslea1500 contend?1518 agonize1570 wrestle1591 struggle1597 throe1615 pull1676 sprattle1786 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 150 The armie..could hardly wrestle out of the snowe. 1614 W. Lithgow Trav. L j b Wrestling amongst intricate pathes of rockes: two of our Asses fell ouer a banke. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 93 Wee..lost our way,..and at length wrastled to Geer. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xvii. clxxi. 327 Breath..forced is to goe about, And through the Noses Sluces wrestle out. 1728 A. Ramsay Robert Richy & Sandy 70 A squirrel wi' his bells Ay wrestling up. 1853 W. Cadenhead Flights of Fancy 255 (E.D.D.) When we've wrastled thro' the warl', as wrastle we maun a'. 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 83 The flames running from thatch to thatch, and, as they express it, ‘wrastling’ across the intervening spaces. 1899 E. F. Heddle Marget at Manse 151 Once he said he would like to live to hear how Christian ‘wrastled through’. II. transitive. 5. To engage in (a wrestling-bout or match). Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > wrestle with [verb (transitive)] > engage in a bout wrestlea1400 a1400–50 Wars Alex. 2276 If it ȝoure mekill maieste miȝt any thinge plese, I wald to wacken ȝoure welth now wirstill a turne. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 5232 Þer-with þis land hath wrastled many a pul. 1588 Drake Let. 31 July in Barrow Life (1843) 304 We have the armey of Spayne before us, and mynd with the Grace of God to wressell a poull with hym. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xxxiii. 226 Now Ptolemais being to wrestle her last fall, stripped her self of all cumbersome clothes. 1645 R. Baillie Let. 17 June (1841) II. 281 We must wrestle a fall with some kind of creatures. 1672 R. Wild Let. Declar. Liberty Conscience 13 And for their Seditions and Treasons, let us leave Tyburn and them to wrastle a fair fall about them. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 81 Hark thee, friend,..wilt thou wrestle a fall with me? 1825 W. Scott Betrothed Concl., in Tales Crusaders II. 351 Have we not wrestled a turn before now? 1843 in Robinson & Gilpin Wrestling (1893) 58 Charles Lowden..would wrestle a match with any individual of the same age. 1855 C. Kingsley Heroes (1868) ii. iii. 216 I must wrestle a fall with him. 1883 Standard 24 Mar. 3/7 The final falls were wrestled between Moffatt and Kennedy. 6. a. To contend with (a person) in wrestling; to overcome by, throw in, wrestling. Also with down. Cf. the earlier over-wrestle over- prefix 1u, and warsle v. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > wrestle with [verb (transitive)] warsle1606 wrestle1818 1818 in Robinson & Gilpin Wrestling (1893) 164 He now challenges his opponent..to wrestle him for ten guineas. 1843 in Robinson & Gilpin Wrestling (1893) 58 The veteran..will be happy to accept the challenge, and wrestle Mr. Lowden..for £5 or £10 a side. 1881 P. B. Du Chaillu Land Midnight Sun II. 51 A stout girl of twenty, strong enough to wrestle any man. 1903 S. E. White Forest xv [He] is not a mighty man physically... I think I could have wrestled Peter down. 1940 Sat. Evening Post 22 June 39/2 He could rassle any three men. 1968 Listener 30 May 702/3 In this picture he rides horses, climbs mountains and wrassles Indian chiefs. 1976 Listener 24 June 817/1 Thrown to the ground and wrastled by the brutally handsome Provo. b. Western U.S. To throw (a calf) for branding. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [verb (transitive)] > methods in branding cattle wrestle1888 1888 T. Roosevelt in Cent. Mag. Apr. 861/2 A fire is built, the irons heated, and a dozen men dismount to, as it is called, ‘wrestle’ the calves. 1893 N. K. Griggs Lyrics of Lariat 46 A Maverick daisy he saw—..And so He rastled it low And gave it a touch of his brand. 7. To push or thrust into something with a wrestling motion. More widely, to move (something inanimate or inert) with physical force. Const. various prepositions and adverbs. ΘΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > with twisting to wring in1579 writhe1583 wrest1597 to worm in1605 warp1803 wrestle1821 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto V lxxviii. 174 Wrestling both his arms into a gown, He paused. 1970 J. Dickey Deliverance 186 I..dropped down on one knee and wrestled him across my shoulders in the fireman's carry from boy scout days. 1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 38 Eventually he wrestled all the string and paper into an armful-sized bundle and forced it down the Aga. 1973 M. Woodhouse Blue Bone vii. 63 We wrestled the crates down through the forward hatch. 1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 11 Sept. 2/7 Agents wrestled a ·45 calibre automatic pistol out of her hands. 1976 A. Price War Game i. viii. 142 The same hand, strong and supple.., had once wrestled a bomb-laden Lancaster into the air. 1976 V. J. Scott & D. Koski Walk-in x. 53 He wrestled one of the line of overhead doors up. 1981 J. D. MacDonald Free Fall in Crimson xiv. 159 A truck pulled up... Two men hopped out and started to wrestle the wicker basket out of the back. Phrasal verbs With adverbs. to wrestle down To put down by wrestling or striving; to suppress, quell. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.) shendOE whelvec1000 allayOE ofdrunkenc1175 quenchc1175 quashc1275 stanchc1315 quella1325 slockena1340 drenchc1374 vanquishc1380 stuffa1387 daunt?a1400 adauntc1400 to put downa1425 overwhelmc1425 overwhelvec1450 quatc1450 slockc1485 suppressa1500 suffocate1526 quealc1530 to trample under foot1530 repress1532 quail1533 suppress1537 infringe1543 revocate1547 whelm1553 queasom1561 knetcha1564 squench1577 restinguish1579 to keep down1581 trample1583 repel1592 accable1602 crush1610 to wrestle down?1611 chokea1616 stranglea1616 stifle1621 smother1632 overpower1646 resuppress1654 strangulate1665 instranglea1670 to choke back, down, in, out1690 to nip or crush in the bud1746 spiflicate1749 squasha1777 to get under1799 burke1835 to stamp out1851 to trample down1853 quelch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 smash1865 garrotte1878 scotch1888 douse1916 to drive under1920 stomp1936 stultify1958 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow > specifically a thing allayOE vanquishc1380 breaka1400 quealc1530 quail1533 ruin1585 to wrestle down?1611 to take down1889 to beat down- the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > control oneself or the emotions [verb (transitive)] govern1340 sober1390 obtempera1492 refrain?1521 control1568 obtemperate1575 command1586 smother1594 subject1620 controla1627 possess1643 reduce1643 devour1650 stiflea1683 to wrestle down1808 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xx. 31 These his words did such a warre excite, As no mans powre could wrastle downe. 1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. xxiii. 103 If..they wrestled down Feelings their nature strove to own. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 126 I will wrestle down my feelings of rebellious humanity. to wrestle off † To set aside by argument; to controvert, rebut. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > an argument, statement, etc. assoilc1370 disprovec1380 soilc1380 conclude1388 unprovea1425 denyc1425 oppugn?1435 deprevea1450 refelc1450 disapprove1481 impreve1488 confute1529 deprove1530 convince?1531 refute1533 save1591 convict1593 elide1593 redargue1613 to wrestle off1639 1639 W. Laud Relation Conf. Lawd & Fisher 241 Where is then the Scriptures Prerogative? I know there is much shifting about this Place [margin. Num. 2], but it cannot be wrastled off. to wrestle out †1. To struggle through (a period of time) in discourse, etc. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > in distress, etc. to scamble outc1571 wrest1577 to wrestle outa1730 a1730 A. Pennecuik Coll. Pennicuicke's Satires on Kirkmen (1744) 8 When Mis-John has wrestl'd out the [hour] Glass. 2. To go through, to perform or execute, to carry out, with struggle or effort. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)] > achieve or effect > with effort to work out1534 to toil out1593 to wrestle out1823 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [verb (transitive)] > perform with effort to wrestle out1823 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. xii. 278 In a moment the wretch wrestled out his last agonies. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxxiii I would rather wrastle out a logical dispute any day. 1842 H. E. Manning Serm. xxi. 312 They have wrestled out the strife with the unseen powers of the wicked one. to wrestle out of To drive or force out of something (as) by wrestling. Also figurative. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > by other specific means whip1567 out-dreama1625 to wrestle out of1638 snow1851 rummage1878 1638 A. Henderson Serm. (1867) 279 If so be that we will wrestle with God for a blessing, and prevail with him, then..we sall wrestle the enemies out of it also. 1858 R. Chambers Domest. Ann. Scotl. I. 9 How to wrestle the people out of their love of the May-games. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1593v.a1100
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