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be·stride
(bĭ-strīd′)tr.v. be·strode (-strōd′), be·strid·den (-strĭd′n), 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.
[Middle English bistriden, from Old English bestrīdan : be-, be- + strīdan, to mount a horse; see stride.]
bestride
(bɪˈstraɪd)vb (tr) , -strides, -striding or -strode, archaic -strid, -stridden or archaic -strid
1. to have or put a leg on either side of
2. to extend across; span
3. to stride over or across
be•stride
(bɪˈstraɪd)v.t. -strode -strid, -strid•den -strid, -strid•ing.
1. to get or be astride of; straddle.
2. to tower over; dominate.
3. to step over with long strides.
[before 1000]
bestride
Past participle: bestrode
Gerund: bestriding
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| Verb | 1. |  bestride - get up on the back of; "mount a horse"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" |
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bestride
[bɪˈstraɪd] (bestrode (pt) (bestridden (pp))) VT [+ horse] → montar a horcajadas; [+ stream etc] → cruzar de un tranco (fig) → dominarbestride
pret <bestrode or bestrid> ptp <bestridden>vt (= sit astride) → rittlings sitzen auf (+dat); (= stand astride) → (mit gespreizten Beinen) stehen über (+dat); (= mount) → sich schwingen auf (+acc); (fig: = dominate) → beherrschen; to bestride the world like a Colossus → die Welt beherrschen