Stride \Stride\, v. t.

1. To pass over at a step; to step over. ``A debtor that not dares to stride a limit.'' --Shak.

2. To straddle; to bestride.

I mean to stride your steed. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Stride \Stride\, n. The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride. --Pope.

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Stride \Stride\, v. t. [imp. Strode(Obs. Strid); p. p. Stridden(Obs. Strid); p. pr. & vb. n. Striding.]

[AS. str[=i]dan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. str[=i]da to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. str[=i]tan; of uncertain origin. Cf. Straddle.]

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

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

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)