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verb
Bestride  v. t.  (past bestrode, obs. or rare bestrid; past part. bestridden; pres. part. bestriding)  
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." "Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus."
2.
To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.





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


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