BESTRIDE

bestride. Bestride, v.t. bestride, bestrid, pret. bestridden, pa. to stride over, to cross

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Be‐stride″ (�), v. t. [imp. Bestrode (�), (Obs. or R.) Bestrid (�); p. p. Bestridden (�), Bestrid, Bestrode; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestriding.] [[AS. bestrīdan; pref. be- + strīdan to stride.]] 1. 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. 2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.