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Webster 1913 Edition

Trample

Tram′ple

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Trampled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Trampling
.]
[OE.
trampelen
, freq. of
trampen
. See
Tramp
,
Verb.
T.
]
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.

Tram′ple

,
Verb.
I.
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.

Tram′ple

,
Noun.
The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling.
Milton.
The huddling
trample
of a drove of sheep.
Lowell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Trample

TRAM'PLE

, v.t.
1.
To tread under foot; especially, to tread upon with pride, contempt, triumph or scorn.
Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet. Matt. 7.
2.
To tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass.
3.
To treat with pride, contempt and insult.

TRAM'PLE

,
Verb.
I.
To tread in contempt.
Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own.
1.
To tread with force and rapidity.

TRAM'PLE

,
Noun.
The act of treading under foot with contempt.

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