1. grapple - Noun
2. grapple - Verb
To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.
To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.
To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another.
A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.
An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab.
A grappling iron.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTo the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee. Herman Melville
We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. Richard Feynman
Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all. Douglas Adams
Now hell and heaven grapple on our backs and all our old pretense is ripped away. Aye, and God's icy wind will blow. Arthur Miller
Science can never grapple with the irrational. That is why it has no future before it, in this world. Oscar Wilde
The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true. Carl Sagan