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bestir

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be·stir  (b-stûr)
tr.v. be·stirred, be·stir·ring, be·stirs
To cause to become active; rouse: finally bestirred himself to look for work.

[Middle English bistiren : probably bi-, be- + stiren, to rouse; see stir1.]

bestir [bɪˈstɜː]
vb -stirs, -stirring, -stirred
(tr) to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.bestir - become active; "He finally bestirred himself"
be active, move - be in a state of action; "she is always moving"
Translations
bestir [bɪˈstɜːʳ] VT (liter) to bestir o.smenearse
bestir
vr (hum, liter)sich regen, sich rühren; to bestir oneself to do somethingsich dazu aufraffen, etw zu tun
bestir [bɪˈstɜːʳ] vt to bestir o.s.muoversi
bestir [bɪˈstɜːʳ] vt to bestir o.s.muoversi


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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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