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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
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MASQUERADE
(verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not; “he is masquerading as an expert on the internet”; “This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty”
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