Ungrapple
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To release from a grappling hook.
"But, the waves of the sea growing high, we were forced to ungrapple, and to leave our men fighting on board her from eight of the clock in the evening till eight in the morning."
- 2 To disengage; to release from being held. broadly
"But then the fear of further obloquy and ridicule makes them desist from the open enmity they still feel in their secret hearts, and like the two Demons, as we read in the lines that follow, they find the place so hot for them, that they ungrapple from their deadly contention."
Example
More examples"But, the waves of the sea growing high, we were forced to ungrapple, and to leave our men fighting on board her from eight of the clock in the evening till eight in the morning."
Etymology
From un- + grapple.
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