Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tread down; trample upon; crush.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To tread down; to trample upon.
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- verb transitive, obsolete To
tread down; tread under foot;trample upon;crush ;destroy by trampling.
Etymologies
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From Middle English fortreden, from Old English fortredan ("to tread down, trample on"), from Proto-Germanic *fra- + Proto-Germanic *tredanan, *trudanan (“to trample”), equivalent to for- + tread. Compare Dutch vertreden ("to trample"). More at for-, tread.
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