Stride /(?)/

imp. Strode; p. p. Stridden; p. pr. & vb. n. Striding

1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. [Obs.]

   Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field.

2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.

1. To pass over at a step; to step over.
2. To straddle; to bestride.

   I mean to stride your steed.

1. The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride.

   God never meant that man should scale the heavens By strides of human wisdom.