Be-strīde', v. t.

v. t. [imp. BESTRID or BESTRODE; p. p. BESTRID, BESTRIDDEN; p. pr. & vb. n. BESTRIDING.] [be and stride; A.-S. bestrīdan.] 1. To stride over; to stand or sit with any thing between the legs, or with the legs extended across. “The horse that thou hast so oft bestrid.” Shak. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a colossus. Shak. 2. To step over; as, to bestride a threshold. Shak.