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Pronunciation : Grap"ple
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German origin. See Grape.]
Definition : 1. To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.

2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly. The gallies were grappled to the Centurion. Hakluyt. Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. Shak.

t. [imp. & p. p. Grappled; p. pr. & vb. n. Grappling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Grap"ple
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another. To grapple with, to enter into contest with, resolutely and courageously. And in my standard bear the arms of York, To grapple with the house of Lancaster. Shak.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Grap"ple
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Grapple, v. t., and cf. Crapple.]
Definition : 1. A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold. Milton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913