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TRAMPLES
Noun
tramples
plural of trample
Verb
tramples
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trample
Anagrams
• Lamperts, Templars, palmster, templars
Source: Wiktionary
TRAMPLE
Tram"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trampled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trampling.] Etym: [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.
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.
Tram"ple, n.
Definition: The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. Milton. The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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