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Bestride v. t. (past bestrode, obs. or rare bestrid; past part. bestridden; pres. part. bestriding)

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." "Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus."

To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.

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Etymology of 'Bestride'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bestride" Quotes from Famous Books

... become enamoured of a life of change and movement and the open air, where the muscles shall be more exercised than the affections. When you have had your will of the forest, you may visit the whole round world. You may buckle on your knapsack and take the road on foot. You may bestride a good nag, and ride forth, with a pair of saddle-bags, into the enchanted East. You may cross the Black Forest, and see Germany wide-spread before you, like a map, dotted with old cities, walled and spired, that dream all day on their own reflections in the Rhine or Danube. You may pass ...

— Essays of Travel • Robert Louis Stevenson

... forsworn the commandment of all kings. There has been stolen from them a steed of great price, and they have vowed not to return hence, but with it." When Kanmakan heard these words, he cried out, saying, "O losers, this that I bestride is the steed itself, after which ye seek and for whose sake ye would do battle with me! So come out against me, all of you at once, and do your dourest!" So saying, he cried out between Catoul's ears and he ran at them, as he were a ghoul. Then Kanmakan ...

— The Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night, Volume II • Anonymous

Words linked to "Bestride" : hop out, climb on, jump on, move