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Definitions for: Bestride [v] get on the back of; "mount a horse"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount, mount up
Antonyms: get off, hop out
See Also: move, remount
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