TRAM'PLE,
1. To tread under foot especially, to tread upon with pride, contempt, triumph or scorn.
Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet. Matthew 7 .
2. To tread down to prostrate by treading as, to trample grass.
3. To treat with pride, contempt and insult.
TRAM'PLE, To tread in contempt.
Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own.
1. To tread with force and rapidity.
TRAM'PLE, n. The act of treading under foot with contempt.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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