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bestir [bɪˈstɜː] vb -stirs, -stirring, -stirred
(tr) to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Thedora had long been at work; and it was time that I too should bestir myself. If nobody knows the address, you must still bestir yourself in trying to find it. As we are very far from believing in any such heathen goddess, or from encouraging any superstition, so we wish Mr John Fr----, or some other such philosopher, would bestir himself a little, in order to find out the real cause of this sudden transition from good to bad fortune, which hath been so often remarked, and of which we shall proceed to give an instance; for it is our province to relate facts, and we shall leave causes to persons of much higher genius. |
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