Definition of Overstrides

1. Verb. (third-person singular of overstride) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overstrides

1. overstride [v] - See also: overstride

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overstrides

overstressed
overstresses
overstressing
overstretch
overstretched
overstretches
overstretching
overstrew
overstrewed
overstrewing
overstrewn
overstrews
overstrict
overstridden
overstride
overstrides
overstriding
overstrike
overstrikes
overstrode
overstrow
overstrowed
overstrowing
overstrown
overstrows
overstructured
overstrung
overstudied
overstudies
overstudious

Literary usage of Overstrides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"And the Great Protector, instead of his vast bulk lying upon the earth, overstrides others, and stands like a ..."

2. The Dialogues of Plato by Plato (1871)
"And the Great Protector, instead of his vast bulk lying upon the earth, overstrides others, and stands like a colossus in the chariot of State, a full-blown ..."

3. The Dialogues of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1907)
"And the Great Protector, instead of his vast bulk ying upon the earth, overstrides others, and stands like a colossus in the chariot of State, a full-blown ..."

4. The Debatable Land Between this World and the Next: With Illustrative Narrations by Robert Dale Owen (1872)
"... could have been one of the elect; but Calvin overstrides the difficulty, telling us : "It ought not to be doubted that Jacob was ing-rafted, ..."

5. Classic Tales by Famous Authors by Frederick Brigham De Berard (1905)
"... and o'er him clashed his gear, And dying there his bloody mouth sought out the foeman's sod: Whom Turnus overstrides and says: "Harken, Arcadians, ..."

6. Dialogues of Plato by Plato (1899)
"And the Great Protector, instead of his vast bulk lying upon the earth, overstrides others, and stands like a colossus in the chariot of State, a full-blown ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Overstrides on Dictionary.com!Search for Overstrides on Thesaurus.com!Search for Overstrides on Google!Search for Overstrides on Wikipedia!

Search