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bestir

[ bih-stur ]

/ bɪˈstɜr /

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 of bestir

before 900; Middle English bistiren, Old English bestyrian to heap up. See be-, stir¹

Words nearby bestir

bestial, bestiality, bestialize, bestiary, bestie, bestir, bestow, bestraddle, bestrew, bestride, bestrow

Example sentences from the Web for bestirred

But afterwards he bestirred himself every day, leaving home in the morning and not returning until night.

The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete |Emile Zola
Slowly life was becoming more discontented with ease and bestirred itself to the satisfaction of wants.

The Pacific Triangle |Sydney Greenbie
I now bestirred myself in order to obtain some attraction that would replenish the depleted operatic chest.

The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II |James H. Mapleson
Garrison bestirred himself to obtain for the convention a full representation of the friends of freedom.

William Lloyd Garrison |Archibald H. Grimke

She bestirred herself for a few minutes and then sat down idly by the window.

The Shadow |Mary White Ovington

British Dictionary definitions for bestirred

bestir

/ (bɪˈstɜː) /

verb -stirs, -stirring or -stirred

(tr) to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse