v. [f. BE- 2 + TRAMPLE.] trans. To affect the state of (anything) by trampling; to crush, mark, dirty with the feet. Hence Betrampled ppl. a.
1565. Golding, Ovid’s Met., VI. (1593), 134. A field … Betrampled every day with horse.
1624. F. White, Reply Fisher, 113. They betrample their rule with vile manners.
1866. Felton, Anc. & Mod. Gr., I. xiii. 264. Olympus, thou by robber-feet betrampled.
