Definition of Bestrode. Meaning of Bestrode. Synonyms of Bestrode

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Definition of Bestrode

Bestrode
Bestrode Be*strode", imp. & p. p. of Bestride.
Bestrode
Bestride 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.
Bestrode
Bestride 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.

Meaning of Bestrode from wikipedia

- civilization that made it hard to maintain "a dynasty whose territories bestrode the continent from the Low Countries to Sicily and from Spain to Hungary –...
- January 2010. A.O. Scott (25 November 2009). "When a Bombastic Young Man Bestrode the Boards of the Mercury Theater". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 January...
- political p****ion. If scarcely a spectator in the play of events, he had never bestrode the stage. His death, coming just after those of Hardwicke and Legge, deprived...
- party leader, David Cameron (later to become British Prime Minister), who bestrode stages while speaking seemingly off-the-cuff, having memorized key parts...
- 16 February 2023. "Marella Agnelli, socialite and garden designer who bestrode high society with her husband Gianni, the head of Fiat – obituary". The...
- Argentine dictator, Juan Manuel de Rosas, whose gigantic and ominous figure bestrode the Plata River for more than twenty years. So despotic was his power that...
- developed by analogy with strong verbs stridestrodestridden bestridebestrodebestridden outstrideoutstrodeoutstridden overstride – overstrode...
- the focus of Gregory's account as his figure, predestined to be great, bestrode the lives of the others. It is told that he felt a weight on his head,...
- Dalyell, Tam (14 June 2015). "William Prosser: Lawyer and administrator who bestrode both the legal world and the artistic scene of his native Edinburgh". Independent...
- For the two years his music career peaked, Benga maestro Okatch Biggy bestrode the entertainment industry like a colossus. Between 1995 and 1997, the...