bestride
verb (used with object)
to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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He knows the pedigree of every horse on the place, and has bestrid the great-great-grandsires of most of them.
From Bracebridge Hall by Washington Irving