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bestride |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bestride \Be*stride"\, v. t. [imp. {Bestrode}, (Obs. or R.) {Bestrid}; p. p. {Bestridden}, {Bestrid}, {Bestrode}; p. pr & vb n. {Bestriding}.] [AS. bestr[=i]dan; pref. be- + str[=i]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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bestride v : get on the back of "mount a horse" [syn: {hop on}, {mount}, {mount up}, {get on}, {jump on}, {climb on}] [ant: {hop out}]
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