'Bestrode' definitions:

Definition of 'Bestrode'

From: GCIDE

Bestride \Be*stride"\, v. t. [imp. Bestrode, (Obs. or R.) Bestrid; p. p. Bestridden, Bestrid, Bestrode; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestriding.] [AS. bestr[imac]dan; pref. be- + str[imac]dan to stride.]
1. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over [1913 Webster]
That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Bestride \Be*stride"\, v. t. [imp. Bestrode, (Obs. or R.) Bestrid; p. p. Bestridden, Bestrid, Bestrode; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestriding.] [AS. bestr[imac]dan; pref. be- + str[imac]dan to stride.]
1. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over [1913 Webster]
That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE