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engrappled

engrappled is the simple past and past participle of engrapple.

Meaning of engrapple

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

Questions about engrappled

What is engrappled the simple past and past participle of?
Engrappled is the simple past and past participle of engrapple.

Words near engrappled in the dictionary

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

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