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grap⋅ple

  [grap-uhl] verb, -pled, -pling, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
2. to use a grapple.
3. to seize another, or each other, in a firm grip, as in wrestling; clinch.
4. to engage in a struggle or close encounter (usually fol. by with): He was grappling with a boy twice his size.
5. to try to overcome or deal (usually fol. by with): to grapple with a problem.
–verb (used with object)
6. to seize, hold, or fasten with or as with a grapple.
7. to seize in a grip, take hold of: The thug grappled him around the neck.
–noun
8. a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another; grapnel.
9. a seizing or gripping.
10. a grip or close hold in wrestling or hand-to-hand fighting.
11. a close, hand-to-hand fight.
Origin:
1520–30; appar. a freq. of OE gegrǣppian to seize; associated with grapnel

Related forms:
grappler, noun

Synonyms:
5. struggle, contend, wrestle, cope, tussle.
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grap·nel   (grāp'nəl)   
n.  
  1. Nautical A small anchor with three or more flukes, especially one used for anchoring a small vessel. Also called grapple, grappling.
  2. See grapple.

[Middle English grapenel, probably ultimately from Old French grapin, hook, diminutive of grape; see grape.]
grap·ple   (grāp'əl)   
n.  
    1. An iron shaft with claws at one end, usually thrown by a rope and used for grasping and holding, especially one for drawing and holding an enemy ship alongside. Also called grapnel, grappling, grappling hook, grappling iron.
    2. Nautical See grapnel.
    3. A struggle or contest in which the participants attempt to clutch or grip each other.
    4. A struggle for superiority or dominance.
  2. The act of grappling.
    1. A struggle or contest in which the participants attempt to clutch or grip each other.
    2. A struggle for superiority or dominance.
v.   grap·pled, grap·pling, grap·ples

v.   tr.
  1. To seize and hold, as with a grapple.
  2. To seize firmly, as with the hands.
v.   intr.
  1. To hold onto something with or as if with a grapple.
  2. To use a grapple or similar device, as for dragging.
  3. To struggle, in or as if in wrestling: grappled with their consciences; grapple with the political realities of our time.

[Middle English grapel, from Old French grapil, diminutive of grape, hook; see grape.]
grap'pler n.
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Grapple

Grap"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grappled; p. pr. & vb. n. Grappling.] [F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German origin. See Grape.]

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.

Grapple

Grap"ple\, v. i. 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.

Grapple

Grap"ple\, n. [See Grapple, v. t., and cf. Crapple.]

1. A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold. --Milton.

2. (a) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab. (b) (Naut.) A grappling iron.

The iron hooks and grapples keen. --Spenser.

Grapple plant (Bot.), a South African herb (Herpagophytum leptocarpum) having the woody fruits armed with long hooked or barbed thorns by which they adhere to cattle, causing intense annoyance.

Grapple shot (Life-saving Service), a projectile, to which are attached hinged claws to catch in a ship's rigging or to hold in the ground; -- called also anchor shot.
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Language Translation for : grapple
Spanish: forcejear, luchar,
German: raufen,
Japanese: 取っ組み合いをする
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grapple  (n.)
1295, from O.Fr. grapil "hook" (see grapnel). The verb is 1530, from the noun.
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GRAPPLE
GRAPh Processing LanguagE. 1968.
["A Directed Graph Representation for Computer Simulation of Belief Systems", L.G. Tesler et al, Math Biosciences 2:19-40 (1968)].

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