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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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"Bestride" Quotes from Famous Books



... intercourse with a muscular torero, evidently a blackguard. He urged me to do likewise, to misbehave, to sin with officers of the garrison. He implored me to soil his letter in an unspeakable manner, to chastise him as he richly deserves, to bestride and ride him, to give ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce
... When the Prince saw this, he lost his senses for affright, but the Jinni said to him, "Fear not; no harm shall befal thee. Mount thy horse and leap him on to the Ifrit's shoulders." "Nay," answered he, "I will leave my horse with thee and bestride his shoulders myself." So he bestrode the Ifrit's shoulders and, when the Jinni cried, "Close thine eyes, O my lord, and be not a craven!" he strengthened his heart and shut his eyes. Thereupon the Ifrit rose with him into the air ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 6 • Richard F. Burton
... Robin Hood on his back, Deep water he did bestride, And spake neither good word nor bad Till he came ...
— The Book of Brave Old Ballads • Unknown
... bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves ...
— Familiar Quotations • Various
... the man ahead, who was compelled to feel out and explore the ridge of hardened snow and ice with his feet, after the fashion of a man walking a plank in the dark. Frequently he lunged into the drifts with one foot, or both; his glazed mukluk soles slid about, causing him to bestride the invisible hogback, or again his legs crossed awkwardly, throwing him off his balance. At times he wandered away from the path entirely and had to search it out again. These exertions were very wearing and they were dangerous, ...
— The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories • Various


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