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be·stir

   [bih-stur]
verb (used with object), -stirred, -stir·ring.
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English bistiren, Old English bestyrian to heap up. See be-, stir1
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bestir (bɪˈstɜː)
 
—vb , -stirs, -stirring, -stirred
(tr) to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse

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bestir
O.E. bestyrian "to heap up," from be- + stir.
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