All 3 Uses
grapple
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Middlemarch
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- In short, he had weight, and might be expected to grapple with a disease and throw it; while Dr. Minchin might be better able to detect it lurking and to circumvent it.†
Chpt 2 *
- When the commonplace "We must all die" transforms itself suddenly into the acute consciousness "I must die—and soon," then death grapples us, and his fingers are cruel; afterwards, he may come to fold us in his arms as our mother did, and our last moment of dim earthly discerning may be like the first.†
Chpt 4
- She stopped in speechless agitation, not crying, but feeling as if she were being inwardly grappled.†
Chpt 8
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.