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bestride
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Bestride
(gcide) | Bestride \Be*stride"\, v. t. [imp. Bestrode, (Obs. or R.)
Bestrid; p. p. Bestridden, Bestrid, Bestrode; p. pr.
& vb. n. Bestriding.] [AS. bestr[imac]dan; pref. be- +
str[imac]dan to stride.]
1. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with
the legs astride; to stand over
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That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. --Shak.
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Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus. --Shak.
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2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a
threshold.
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bestride
(wn) | bestride
v 1: get up on the back of; "mount a horse" [syn: hop on,
mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on,
bestride] [ant: get off, hop out] |
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Bestride
(gcide) | Bestride \Be*stride"\, v. t. [imp. Bestrode, (Obs. or R.)
Bestrid; p. p. Bestridden, Bestrid, Bestrode; p. pr.
& vb. n. Bestriding.] [AS. bestr[imac]dan; pref. be- +
str[imac]dan to stride.]
1. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with
the legs astride; to stand over
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That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. --Shak.
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Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus. --Shak.
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2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a
threshold.
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