Obs. Also 4 Sc. trwmp, 6 trumpe, 6–7 tromp(e. [a. F. tromper (14th c.), of uncertain origin; perh. the same word as prec.: see Littré.] trans. To deceive, cheat.
In quot. 1629, perh. identified with TRUMP v.3
1375. Barbour, Bruce, XIX. 712. Than sall we all be at our will, And thai sall let thame trwmpit [v.r. trumpyt] Ill.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, I. vi. 82. That fals man,… With wanhope trumpit the lele luwair.
1584. J. Carmichael, Lett., in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844), 415. To haif bein trompit with fair words.
1598. Dallington, Meth. Trav., E iij. They very wrongfully tromped the heires of Edward the third, of their enioying this Crowne of France.
1629. B. Jonson, New Inn, I. i. When she [Fortune] is pleas’d to trick or tromp mankind.
