Wrastle
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹæsl̩/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Wrastle is a verb meaning (ambitransitive, informal, pronunciation spelling, US regional, or obsolete) Alternative form of wrestle.
Meaning
(ambitransitive, informal, pronunciation spelling, US regional, or obsolete) Alternative form of wrestle.
Example Sentences
[T]hey their ſhips in marble ſeas with ores dyd wraſtlyng towe.
Like errand Knights, our valiant vvits muſt vvraſtle / To free our Ladyes from the inchanted Caſtle.
It fits Ioues ſonne / VVraſtle vvith Lyons, and to tugge vvith Beares, / Grapple vvith Dragons, and incounter VVhales.
[S]o great a ſtorme of vvind and raine beat vpon vs that vvee not only loſt our vvay, but our ſelues, and at length vvraſtled to Geer, hauing firſt paſt through the Straits of Mozendram.
Word Forms
- wrastles
- wrastling
- wrastled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include warple, wrostle, wrangle, wrassle, wrestle, wrest.
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