Grapple, vb. 1) intr. to wrestle, to contend in close fight: LLL II, 218. John III, 1, 104. V, 1, 61. H4A I, 3, 197. H6B I, 1, 257.
2) tr. to clasp: “and g. thee unto a pagan shore,” John V, 2, 36 (O. Edd. cripple). “g. your minds to sternage of this navy,” H5 III Chor. H5 III Chor. --s you to the “heart and love of us,” Mcb. III, 1, 106. “g. them to thy soul with hoops of steel,” Hml. I, 3, 63.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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