What does the word bestride mean?

What does the word bestride mean?

Definition of bestride transitive verb. 1 : to ride, sit, or stand astride : straddle. 2 : to tower over : dominate the bloated bureaucracy that bestrides us all— Edward Ney. 3 archaic : to stride across.

What is an Augurers?

noun. An augur, a diviner, a soothsayer.

What’s the meaning of bespeak?

Definition of bespeak transitive verb. 1 : to hire, engage, or claim beforehand. 2 : to speak to especially with formality : address.

What is the past tense of bestride?

Bestride verb forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Tense
bestride	bestriding	bestrode

Is bestride a verb?

verb (used with object), be·strode or be·strid, be·strid·den or be·strid, be·strid·ing. to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of. to step over or across with long strides.

What is the beholding mean?

1 : to perceive through sight or apprehension : see. 2 : to gaze upon : observe It was a pleasure to behold the beauty of the sunset. The enormous crowd was a sight to behold. intransitive verb. —used in the imperative especially to call attention.

What does indubitably mean?

impossible to doubt
Indubitably is an adverb that means “impossible to doubt.” It has a meaning similar to doubtless and undoubtedly, but it represents a much stronger degree of certainty.

What is meaning of eulogizing?

to praise
eulogise. / (ˈjuːləˌdʒaɪz) / verb. to praise (a person or thing) highly in speech or writing.

What is the past tense of bespeak?

Bespeak verb forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Tense
bespeak	bespeaking	bespoke or bespake (archaic)

What is the meaning of bestrode?

bestrode | bestridden. to sit or stand with a leg on either side of an object or animal: He bestrode the chair as though it were a horse.

What is the meaning of bistriden?

To sit or stand on with the legs astride; straddle. Archaic To step or stride across. Middle English bistriden from Old English bestrīdan be- be- strīdan to mount a horse ; see stride . THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries.

What does it mean to bestride the globe?

To bestride something means to be the most powerful and important person or thing in it. America’s media companies bestride the globe. [VERB noun] COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary.