bestride
verb (used with object)
to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
have bestridden
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present perfectof bestride.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Methinks I have bestridden something that hath galled me extensively.
From Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends by Burt L. Standish
"I should like to ride with you, Edgar, but it is years since I have bestridden a horse."
From A March on London by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Nevertheless, the Marlborough is the cycle I have bestridden during my tour this summer, and a sweet wee thing it is.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables
