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.