Wrestle

res′l, v.i. to contend by grappling and trying to throw the other down: to struggle: to apply one's self keenly to: ( Scot. ) to pray earnestly.— v.t. to contend with in wrestling.— n. a bout at wrestling: a struggle between two to throw each other down.— ns. Wrest′ler ; Wrest′ling , the sport or exercise of two persons struggling to throw each other to the ground in an athletic contest governed by certain fixed rules— catch-hold , ground-wrestling , catch-as-catch-can , back-hold , . [A.S. wrǽstlian ; a freq. of wrǽstan , to wrest.]