trample, trampel, trampelyn

t. & i. [A frequent. from tramp, v. (q. v.); cf. Dut. tram pelen; Ger. trampeln =to trample.] A. Transitive : 1. To tread under foot; especially, to tread on in scorn, contempt, or triumph. ( Matt . vii. 6.) 2. To tread down; to prostrate by treading; to crush with the feet. "Far from the cows' and goats' insulting crew, That trample down the flowers, and brush the dew." Dryden: Virgil's Georgic iv. 15. 3. To treat with pride, contempt, or insult; to crush. "To trample under foot the high spirit and reputation of that city."-P. Holland: Plutarch, p. 805. B. Intransitive : *1. To stamp rapidly with the feet. "So at last whan Beryn a littil wakid were He trampelid fast with his fete, and al to tere his ere And his visage both, right as a wodeman." Chaucer (?): Tale of Beryn. 2. To tread in contempt, scorn, or triumph. "Christ after his resurrection sitting on his sepulchre, trampling on the symbol of Death."- Reynolds : A Journey to Flanders and Holland . 3. To walk roughly; to tramp. "Gathered their ananas in the Indian gardens, tramp ling through them without any discretion." -Hackluyt: Voyages , iii. 320. 4. To act insultingly or scornfully. "For religious enthusiasm places its chief glory in violating and trampling upon human peace."War burton: Sermons, vol. ix., ser. 6. trăm-ple, s. [TRAMPLE, v.] 1. The sound made by feet coming in contact with the ground in walking or marching; a tramp. "Like the trample of feet." Long fellow: Miles Standish, i. *2. The act of treading under foot in scorn or insult. "The trample and spurn of all the other damned."Milton: Reformation in England , bk. ii.