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engrappling

engrappling is the present participle and gerund 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 engrappling

What is engrappling the present participle and gerund of?
Engrappling is the present participle and gerund of engrapple.

Words near engrappling in the dictionary

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

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