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(bē strīd′, bi-)

transitive verb bestrode , bestridden , bestriding

to sit on, mount, or stand over with a leg on each side; straddle
Archaic to stride over or across

Origin: ME bistriden < OE bestridan: see be- & stride

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transitive verb be·strode (-strōdˈ), be·strid·den (-strĭdˈn), be·strid·ing, be·strides

To sit or stand on with the legs astride; straddle.
To dominate by position; tower over: “Hitler's ghost, the specter that … bestrides mid-twentieth-century history” (Economist).
Archaic To step or stride across.

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Origin: Middle English bistriden

Origin: , from Old English bestrīdan

Origin: : be-, be-

Origin: + strīdan, to mount a horse; see stride

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