Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wrestle \Wres"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wrestled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Wrestling}.] [OE. wrestlen, wrastlen, AS. wr?stlian,
   freq. of wr?stan to wrest; akin to OD. wrastelen to wrestle.
   See {Wrest}, v. t.]
   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.