tr.v. be·strode (-strōd), be·strid·den (-strĭdn), 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.] |
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