Trample \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.
Trample \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.
Trample \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.
As for having such hordes seeking to trample over him, 'it's uncomfortable, but the discomfort was expected.' Perhaps it should be called 'The Beautiful and the Dammed'.
The lawsuit, filed against Milwaukee, West Allis, Hales Corner and Greenfield, contends the bans trample on drivers' rights to travel freely.
If despotic governments can trample on human rights, so can intolerant masses.
Arctic fox may try to eat the seedlings and reindeer may trample them, but it's too soon to know whether to take preventive measures, Beebe said.
In a commentary, the official Xinhua News Agency also defended China's human rights record in Tibet, saying it is those opposed to Chinese rule who trample on the rights of the Tibetan people.
It was appropriate that Euro Disney staged its annual meeting in its rodeo hall, given that the restructuring proposals threaten to trample ordinary shareholders underfoot.
The court said the state levy does not trample on Indian rights and is not unfair to a petroleum company _ even though the company must pay taxes to the state and the tribe.
Rep. Markey called the proposal "an outrage" that would "enable the NRC to trample" on state and local concerns.
"They usually trample each other to get a mission," Col. Edward Behling, the squadron commander, said in an interview. "It's like a fire department.
No one can trample on the rights of those people in the name of science." Under Pennsylvania law, bodies can be donated to medical schools through a state affiliate knowns as the Humanities Gift Registry.