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to bestride the world like a Colossus

  • 1 bestride

    be·stride
    < bestrode, bestridden>
    [bɪˈstraɪd]
    to \bestride a chair sich akk rittlings auf einen Stuhl setzen
    to \bestride a horse sich akk auf ein Pferd schwingen
    * * *
    [bI'straɪd] pret bestrode or bestrid [bI'strəʊd, bI'strɪd] ptp bestridden [bI'strɪdn]
    vt
    (= sit astride) rittlings sitzen auf (+dat); (= stand astride) (mit gespreizten Beinen) stehen über (+dat); (= mount) sich schwingen auf (+acc); (fig = dominate) beherrschen
    * * *
    bestride [bıˈstraıd] prät bestrode [-ˈstrəʊd], obs bestrid [-ˈstrıd], pperf bestridden [-ˈstrıdn], obs bestrid v/t
    1. a) rittlings sitzen auf (dat)
    b) sich rittlings setzen auf (akk)
    2. a) mit gespreizten Beinen stehen auf oder über (dat)
    b) sich mit gespreizten Beinen stellen auf oder über (akk)
    3. fig sich wölben oder spannen über (akk oder dat), überspannen (akk)
    4. obs (hinweg-)schreiten über (akk)
    5. fig obs beherrschen
    * * *
    v.
    reiten v.
    (§ p.,pp.: ritt, ist/hat geritten)
    rittlings sitzen ausdr.
    umfassen v.
    überspannen v.

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