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engrapple

engrapple verb: to grapple.

Verb

engrapple (third-person singular simple present engrapples, present participle engrappling, simple past and past participle engrappled)

  1. (obsolete) To grapple.
    • A cub-fox drinking out of the river Arnus in Italy had his head seized on by a mighty Pike, so that neither could free themselves but were engrappled together[…]a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC

Forms of engrapple

third-person singular presentengrapples
present participleengrappling
past participleengrappled
pastengrappled

Questions about engrapple

What does engrapple mean?
Engrapple means to grapple.
What part of speech is engrapple?
Engrapple is a verb.
What is the past tense of engrapple?
The past tense of engrapple is engrappled.

Words near engrapple in the dictionary

  1. engrandizements
  2. engrandizes
  3. engrandizing
  4. engraphic
  5. engraphically
  6. engrapple
  7. engrappled
  8. engrapples
  9. engrappling
  10. engrasp
  11. engrasped

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