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Trample
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. Milton. The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. Lowell.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.