bestride
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Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /bɪˈstɹaɪd/
Verb [edit]
bestride (third-person singular simple present bestrides, present participle bestriding, simple past bestrode, past participle bestrode or bestridden or bestrid)
- (transitive) To be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse.
- (figuratively) To dominate.
- Circa 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act I Scene II:
- Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world / Like a Colossus […] .
- Circa 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act I Scene II:
Translations [edit]
to sit with legs on both sides of something
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dominate — see dominate
