Be‐stride″ (�), v. t. [imp.Bestrode (�), (Obs. or R.)Bestrid (�); p. p.Bestridden (�), Bestrid, Bestrode; p. pr. & vb. n.Bestriding.] [AS. bestrīdan; pref. be- + strīdan 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.