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outˈwrestle, v. [out- 14, 18 b.] †1. intr. To escape by wrestling, to struggle free.
1562T. Phaer æneid ix. C c iij, Loke how the tempest storm, whan winds outwrastling blowes at south. 2. trans. To overcome in wrestling; to grapple or strive successfully with; to wrestle better than.
1559Mirr. Mag. (1563) A a ij, Where other vnlyke in workyng or skyll, Outwrestle the world, and wyeld it at wyll. 1657S. Purchas Pol. Flying-Ins. 99 If they [bees] out-wrastle all these difficulties, yet they will scarce swarm that year. 1854R. Owen in Circ. Sci. (c 1865) II. 62/1 It can outwrestle the athlete. |