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Definition of Trample
Trample

To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers.

Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult.

To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.

To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.

The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling.

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Trample Quotations

Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.
Martin Luther

I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity.
Percy Bysshe Shelley

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.
Nadia Comaneci

I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... I'm a Cancer! We are not ferocious people.
Karen Black

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
Saint Augustine

Trample Translations

trample in German is trampeln
trample in Spanish is pisotear
trample in Swedish is trampa, trampa ner

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