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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Bestride \Be*stride"\, v. t. [imp. {Bestrode}, (Obs. or R.) {Bestrid}; p. p. {Bestridden}, {Bestrid}, {Bestrode}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bestriding}.] [AS. bestr[c6]dan; pref. be- + str[c6]dan to stride.] 1. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. --Shak. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus. --Shak. 2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold. | |
