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   Stride (?), v. 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.
   
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   Mars in the middle of the shining shield
   
   Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. Dryden.
   
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   2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
   
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   Stride, v. t.
   1. To pass over at a step; to step over. “A debtor that not dares to stride a limit.”  Shak.
   
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   2. To straddle; to bestride.
   
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   I mean to stride your steed. Shak.
   
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   Stride, n. The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, “a masculine stride”.  Pope.
   
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   God never meant that man should scale the heavens
   
   By strides of human wisdom. Cowper.
   
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