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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bestrid

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.

WordNet
bestride

  1. v. get on the back of; "mount a horse" [syn: hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on] [ant: hop out]

  2. [also: bestrode, bestridden, bestrid]

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Usage examples of "bestrid".

Amazonian fair having overthrown and bestrid her enemy, was now cuffing him lustily with both her hands, without any regard to his request of a cessation of arms, or to those loud exclamations of murder which he roared forth.

Lean, swift and voluble, bestrid A starting-point, unfrocked to the bent knee.