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Pronunciation : Tram"ple
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. trampelen, freq. of trampen. See Tramp, v. t.]
Definition : 1. To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers. Dryden. Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet. Matt. vii. 6.

2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. Cowper.

t. [imp. & p. p. Trampled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trampling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tram"ple
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.

2. To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon. Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own. Gov. of Tongue.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tram"ple
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. Milton. The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. Lowell.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913