Helen Fenton

Bestride: Definition and part of speech

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Bestride

  1. v. t. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.
  2. v. t. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bestud: Definition and part of speech

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Bestud

  1. v. t. To set or adorn, as with studs or bosses; to set thickly; to stud; as, to bestud with stars.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bet: Definition and part of speech

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Bet

  1. imp. & p. p. of Bet
  2. n. That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager.
  3. imp. & p. p. of Beat.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.