Tram"ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trampled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trampling (?).] [OE. trampelen, freq. of trampen. See Tramp, v. 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.
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Tram"ple, v. 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.
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Tram"ple, n. The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling.
Milton.
The huddling trample of a drove of sheep.
Lowell.
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