grapple

grapple is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.

[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.

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