bestride

be·stride  (b-strd)

tr.v. be·strode (-strd), be·strid·den (-strdn), be·strid·ing, be·strides

1. To sit or stand on with the legs astride; straddle.

2. To dominate by position; tower over: "Hitler's ghost, the specter that ... bestrides mid-twentieth-century history" (Economist).

3. Archaic To step or stride across.

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[Middle English bistriden, from Old English bestrdan : be-, be- + strdan, to mount a horse; see stride.]

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bestride

Verb

[-striding, -strode] to have or put a leg on either side of

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

bestride - get up on the back of; "mount a horse" climb on, hop on, jump on, mount up, get on, mount move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" remount - mount again; "he remounted his horse"