Both Uses of
grapple
in
Jane Eyre
- "You should not have yielded: you should have grappled with her at once," said Mr. Rochester.†
Chpt 20 *
- Mr. Rochester flung me behind him: the lunatic sprang and grappled his throat viciously, and laid her teeth to his cheek: they struggled.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(grapple) to struggle:
typically a mental struggle -- as in coming to terms with something
more rarely a physical struggle -- as in hand-to-hand combat or moving something heavy or awkward