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Webster 1913 Edition
Stride
Stride
,Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Strode
(Obs
. Strid
); p. p.
Stridden
(Obs.
Strid
); p. pr. & vb. n.
Striding
.] [AS.
strīdan
to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden
, OFries. strīda
to strive, D. strijden
to strive, to contend, G. streiten
, OHG. strītan
; of uncertain origin. Cf. Straddle
.] 1.
To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.
Mars in the middle of the shining shield
Is graved, and
Is graved, and
strides
along the liquid field. Dryden.
2.
To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
Stride
,Verb.
T.
1.
To pass over at a step; to step over.
“A debtor that not dares to stride a limit.” Shak.
2.
To straddle; to bestride.
I mean to
stride
your steed. Shakespeare
Stride
,Noun.
The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step;
as, a masculine
. stride
Pope.
God never meant that man should scale the heavens
By
By
strides
of human wisdom. Cowper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Stride
STRIDE
,Noun.
Her voice theatrically loud, and masculine her stride.
STRIDE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To walk with long steps.Mars in the middle of the shining shield is gravd, and strides along the field.
2.
To straddle.STRIDE
,Verb.
T.
See him stride valleys wide.