Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bridged"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Bridge \Bridge\ (br[i^]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bridged}
(br[i^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bridging}.]
1. To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a
river.

Their simple engineering bridged with felled trees
the streams which could not be forded. --Palfrey.

2. To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.

Xerxes . . . over Hellespont Bridging his way,
Europe with Asia joined. --Milton.

3. To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; --
generally with over.


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