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Bestride

//bɪˈstɹaɪd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse. transitive

    "& thou were the truest frende to thy louar that euer bestrade hors "And thou were the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrad horse""

  2. 2
    get up on the back of wordnet
  3. 3
    To stride over, or across. transitive
  4. 4
    To dominate. figuratively, transitive

    "Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world / Like a Colossus[…]."

Etymology

From Middle English bestriden, from Old English bestrīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *bistrīdan; equivalent to be- + stride. Compare Dutch bestrijden, German bestreiten.

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