bestride
Americanverb (used with object)
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to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
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to step over or across with long strides.
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to stand or tower over; dominate.
verb
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to have or put a leg on either side of
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to extend across; span
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to stride over or across
Etymology
Origin of bestride
before 1000; Middle English bestriden, Old English bestrīdan. See be-, stride
Vocabulary lists containing bestride
Example Sentences
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Bestride, be-strīd′, v.t. to stride over: to sit or stand across: to defend, protect, from the sense of standing over a fallen man to defend him:—pa.t. bestrid′, bestrōde′; pa.p. bestrid′, bestrid′den.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
You seem there in the quiet of content, Lorenzo, and we are most loth to invade Calm speculation; but if you are wise, Bestride your steed while cold is in the skies.
From Keats: Poems Published in 1820 by Robertson, M. (Margaret)
But that I see thee heere Thou Noble thing, more dances my rapt heart, Then when I first my wedded Mistris saw Bestride my Threshold.
From Coriolanus by Shakespeare, William
Tread on the sand; why, there you quickly sink; Bestride the rock; the tide will wash you off, Or else you famish,—that's a threefold death.
From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William
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