English Dictionary: 'Bridging | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bridge \Bridge\ (br[icr]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bridged} (br[icr]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bridging}.] 1. To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river. Their simple engineering bridged with felled trees the streams which could not be forded. --Palfrey. 2. To open or make a passage, as by a bridge. Xerxes . . . over Hellespont Bridging his way, Europe with Asia joined. --Milton. 3. To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over. |