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Bridged

Bridge \Bridge\ (br[i^]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bridged (br[i^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bridging.]

  1. To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river.

    Their simple engineering bridged with felled trees the streams which could not be forded.
    --Palfrey.

  2. To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.

    Xerxes . . . over Hellespont Bridging his way, Europe with Asia joined.
    --Milton.

  3. To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over.

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bridged
  1. Equipped with a bridge (in many contexts) v

  2. (en-past of: bridge)

Usage examples of "bridged".

Of stone bridges in Great Britain, the earliest were the cyclopean bridges still existing on Dartmoor, consisting of stone piers bridged by stone slabs.

It then descends across ravines bridged by viaducts to the valley floor, dropping to a level of 6011 ft.

The little fire burned upon the bank of a stream which the track bridged upon a concrete arch.

Arctic was an immense gulf that could be bridged only by experience and understanding.