All 3 Uses
grapple
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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- Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel,
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatched, unfledged courage.†p. 43.6 * - Finding ourselves too slow of sail, we put on a compelled valor, and in the grapple I boarded them.†
p. 221.6
- [They grapple.†
p. 255.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(grapple as in: grappled mentally) to wrestle or struggle physically
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(2)
(grapple as in: grappled hand-to-hand) to struggle mentally with a problem
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(3)
(grapple as in: grappling hooks) a tool with claws or hooks which is used to catch or hold something; or pulling a rope attached to such a tool; or grabbing and holding
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, grapple or grappling hook can be used as a noun to reference a tool (consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding) that is often thrown with a rope.