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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
STRIDE, n. [L.] A long step.
STRIDE, v.i. pret. strid, strode; pp. strid, stridden.
STRIDE, v.t. To pass over at a step.
To
walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous
manner.
Mars in the middle of the shining shield To stand with the legs wide apart; to
straddle.
To
pass over at a step; to step over.
"A debtor that not dares to
stride a limit." Shak. To straddle; to bestride.
I mean to stride your steed. Shak. 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 | ||||||||