Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to grapple
Participle: grappled
Gerund: grappling
Indicative
Present
| I | grapple |
| you | grapple |
| he;she;it | grapples |
| we | grapple |
| you | grapple |
| they | grapple |
Perfect
| I | have grappled |
| you | have grappled |
| he;she;it | has grappled |
| we | have grappled |
| you | have grappled |
| they | have grappled |
Past
| I | grappled |
| you | grappled |
| he;she;it | grappled |
| we | grappled |
| you | grappled |
| they | grappled |
Pluperfect
| I | had grappled |
| you | had grappled |
| he;she;it | had grappled |
| we | had grappled |
| you | had grappled |
| they | had grappled |
Future
| I | will grapple |
| you | will grapple |
| he;she;it | will grapple |
| we | will grapple |
| you | will grapple |
| they | will grapple |
Future Perfect
| I | will have grappled |
| you | will have grappled |
| he;she;it | will have grappled |
| we | will have grappled |
| you | will have grappled |
| they | will have grappled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | grapple |
| you | grapple |
| he;she;it | grapple |
| we | grapple |
| you | grapple |
| they | grapple |
Perfect
| I | have grappled |
| you | have grappled |
| he;she;it | have grappled |
| we | have grappled |
| you | have grappled |
| they | have grappled |
Imperfect
| I | grappled |
| you | grappled |
| he;she;it | grappled |
| we | grappled |
| you | grappled |
| they | grappled |
Pluperfect
| I | had grappled |
| you | had grappled |
| he;she;it | had grappled |
| we | had grappled |
| you | had grappled |
| they | had grappled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would grapple |
| you | would grapple |
| he;she;it | would grapple |
| we | would grapple |
| you | would grapple |
| they | would grapple |
Perfect
| I | would have grappled |
| you | would have grappled |
| he;she;it | would have grappled |
| we | would have grappled |
| you | would have grappled |
| they | would have grappled |
Imperative
| you | grapple |
| we | Let's grapple |
| you | grapple |
Verbs conjugated like 'grapple'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'grapple'
gripple,
apple,
cripple,
dapple,
dripple,
engrapple,
grabble,
grape,
ingrapple,
knapple,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English *grapplen (“to seize, lay hold of”), from Old English *græpplian (“to seize”) (compare Old English ġegræppian (“to seize”)), from Proto-Germanic *graipilōną, *grabbalōną (“to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”), equivalent to grab + -le.
2. Cognate with Dutch grabbelen (“to grope, scramble, scrabble”), German grabbeln (“to rummage, grope about”) and grapsen, grapschen (“to seize, grasp, grabble”). Influenced in some senses by grapple (“tool with claws or hooks”, noun) (see below). See further at grasp. See: Dutch '
grabbelen', German, old spelling '
grabbeln'.
Sample Sentences
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to grapple with one's conscience
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Class 4 2-6-4T No. 42098 grapples with the 1 in 63 to Troutbeck at the head of the "Lakes Express". [1961 October, ""Voyageur"", “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 599, photo caption:]
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Fear of death is a universal human concern with which all thinking people at some point grapple. [2018, Timothy R. Jennings, The Aging Brain, →ISBN, page 173:]
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The frictionless appearance of a box on the doorstep is such a seductive notion. We have come to rely on it in such a brief period that we have not been able to grapple fully with the scale or the meaning of home delivery. [2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:]