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bestirred
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bestir \Be*stir"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestirred; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestirring.] To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun.
You have so bestirred your valor.
--Shak.
Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: bestir)
WordNet
v. become active; "He finally bestirred himself" [syn: rouse]
[also: bestirring, bestirred]
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Usage examples of "bestirred".
Others soon issued from the jail itself, bearing on their shoulders planks and beams: these materials being all brought forth, the rest bestirred themselves, and the dull sound of hammers began to echo through the stillness.
But when he set the water before it, it sniffed at the offering curiously and at last bestirred itself, nosing down into the water.
He obtained no reaction, and reluctantly bestirred himself, leaned forward and shook at the human.
To render them as comfortable as he could, the landlord bestirred himself nimbly, and in a very short time both gentlemen were perfectly at their ease.
As the schoolmaster had already left his bed and gone out, she bestirred herself to make it neat and comfortable, and had just finished its arrangement when the kind host returned.
As the stupendous collection were yet concealed by cloths, lest the envious dust should injure their complexions, Nell bestirred herself to assist in the embellishment of the room, in which her grandfather also was of great service.
Quilp and her mother in a state of incessant agitation and suspense), bestirred himself to improve his retreat, and render it more commodious and comfortable.
After a long time Niun bestirred himself in what Was surely disgust, and brought wet towels and cleaned the place and washed his face.
But not content with this good deed, the indefatigable house again bestirred itself: Samuel and all his Sons--how many, their mother only knows--and under their immediate auspices, and partly, I think, at their expense, the British government was induced to send the sloop-of-war Rattler on a whaling voyage of discovery into the South Sea.
But not content with this good deed, the indefatigable house again bestirred itself: Samuel and all his Sons --how many, their mother only knows --and under their immediate auspices, and partly, I think, at their expense, the British government was induced to send the sloop-of-war Rattler on a whaling voyage of discovery into the South Sea.