† fortreadv.
Obsolete.figurative.c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. pr. i. 85 It [vertue] is cast vndyr and fortroden vndyr the feet of felonos foolk.
transitive. To tread down, tread under foot; to destroy by trampling.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > crush > trample down
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c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 90 Wegferende hit [ðæt sæd] fortrædon.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 155 Sum of þe sed..fel bi þe wei, and was fortreden.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋116 In helle schulle þay be al fortrode of deueles.
c1450 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) II. 143 Eatinge over all that he coulde fonge The remnant he fore-treade.
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