GRAPPLE

grapple. Grapple, v. to lay fast hold of, grasp, fight close

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Grap″ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grappled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grappling (?).] [[F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German origin. See Grape.]] 1. 1. To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.
2. 2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.
The gallies were grappled to the Centurion. Hakluyt. Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. Shak.