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be·stir
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bɪˈstɜr
/
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bih-
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verb (used with object),
be·stirred,
be·stir·ring.
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
Origin:
before 900;
Middle English
bistiren,
Old English
bestyrian
to heap up. See
be-
,
stir
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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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