Wrestled

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Difficulties with which he had himself wrestled.
                                                    --M. Arnold.
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