BESTRIDE

Etymology

Verb

bestride (third-person singular simple present bestrides, present participle bestriding, simple past bestrode, past participle bestridden or bestrid or bestrode)

(transitive) To be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse.

(transitive) To stride over, or across.

(transitive, figuratively) To dominate.

Anagrams

• bedrites, bistered, breedist, debrites

Source: Wiktionary

Be*stride", v. t. [imp. Bestrode, (Obs. or R.) Bestrid (; p. p. Bestridden, Bestrid, Bestrode; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestriding.] Etym: [AS. bestridan; pref. be- + stridan 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition