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strode


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stride  \Stride\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Strode}(Obs.  {Strid});  p.  p. 
  {Stridden}(Obs.  {Strid});  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Striding}.]  [AS. 
  str[=i]dan  to  stride,  to  strive;  akin  to  LG  striden,  OFries 
  str[=i]da  to  strive,  D.  strijden  to  strive,  to  contend,  G. 
  streiten,  OHG.  str[=i]tan;  of  uncertain  origin.  Cf 
  {Straddle}.] 
  1.  To  walk  with  long  steps,  especially  in  a  measured  or 
  pompous  manner. 
 
  Mars  in  the  middle  of  the  shining  shield  Is  graved, 
  and  strides  along  the  liquid  field.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  stand  with  the  legs  wide  apart;  to  straddle. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Strode  \Strode\,  n. 
  See  {Strude}.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Strode  \Strode\, 
  imp.  of  {Stride}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Strude  \Strude\,  n. 
  A  stock  of  breeding  mares.  [Written  also  {strode}.]  [Obs.] 
  --Bailey. 




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