Wres·tle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wrestled p. pr. & vb. n. Wrestling ]
1. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.
To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him well. --Shak.
Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. --Wiseman.
2. Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
Come, wrestle with thy affections. --Shak.
We wrestle not against flesh and blood. --Eph. vi. 12.
Difficulties with which he had himself wrestled. --M. Arnold.