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Trample (?), 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.
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Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet.
Matt. vii. 6.
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2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. Cowper.
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Trample, n. The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. Milton.
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The huddling trample of a drove of sheep.
Lowell.
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