<OL TYPE="1"><LI>to tread<OL TYPE="a"><LI>to trample, crush with the feet<LI>to advance by setting foot upon, tread upon: to encounter successfully the greatest perils from the machinations and persecutions with which Satan would fain thwart the preaching of the gospel<LI>to tread under foot, trample on, i.e. to treat with insult and contempt: to desecrate the holy city by devastation and outrage</OL></OL>