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verb

Trample v. t. (past & past part. trampled; pres. part. trampling)

To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers. "Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet."

Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult.

Trample v. i.

To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.

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

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Trampling" Quotes from Famous Books

... pronouncing he was not truly a God—even going so far as to assert he was a false prophet, a man who had been punished for his crimes; that they had no hopes of salvation through him; that at the final reception they always spat on the Cross, trampling it under foot; that they worshipped the devil in the form of a cat, or some other familiar animal; that they adored him in the figure of an idol consecrated by anointing it with the fat of a new-born infant, the ...

— The Superstitions of Witchcraft • Howard Williams

... returned to their cave, and saw Cassim's mules roving about with great chests on their backs. This gave them the alarm; they drew their sabres, and went to the door, which opened on their Captain's saying: "Open, Sesame!" Cassim, who had heard the trampling of their horses' feet, resolved to sell his life dearly, so when the door opened he leaped out and threw the Captain down. In vain, however, for the robbers with their sabres soon killed him. On entering ...

— The Blue Fairy Book • Various

... which may be so directed as to produce great good or great evil; and she assumes the direction to herself. It would be absurd to run down a horse like a wolf. It would be still more absurd to let him run wild, breaking fences and trampling down passengers. The rational course is to subjugate his will without impairing his vigor, to teach him to obey the rein, and then to urge him to full speed. When once he knows his master, he is valuable in proportion to his strength and spirit. Just such ...

— Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded nearer. ...

— English Songs and Ballads • Various

... from her palfrey and ran fearlessly toward his prostrate form, reckless of the tangled mass of snorting, trampling, steel-clad horses, and surging fighting-men that surrounded him. And well it was for Norman of Torn that this brave girl was there that day, for even as she reached his side, the sword point of one of the soldiers was at his throat for the coup ...

— The Outlaw of Torn • Edgar Rice Burroughs

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