overstride \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\transitive verb Etymology: Middle English overstriden, from over (I) + striden to stride 1. a.: to stride over, across, or beyond < overstride an obstruction > b.: bestride 2.: to stride faster than or beyond < overstriding his little orderly — L.M.Uris >