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imp. & p. p. of tread.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Tread; tramp; track.
Trampled; crushed; hence, insulted; degraded: much used in composition with an adverbial element: as, down-trodden.
Word Usage
"And nightly I did return; my feet again trod the daisied meadows of England; the song of her birds was in my ears; I wept with delight to find myself once more wandering beneath the fragrant shade of her green hedge-rows; and I awoke to weep in earnest when I found it but a dream."