Bestir Definition

bĭ-stûr
bestirred, bestirring, bestirs
verb
bestirred, bestirring, bestirs
To cause to become active; rouse.
Finally bestirred himself to look for work.
American Heritage
To stir to action; exert or busy (oneself)
Webster's New World

To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor.

Wiktionary

(intransitive) To become active; to rouse oneself.

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Origin of Bestir

  • From Middle English bestyrien, bestirien, from Old English bestyrian (“to heap up, pile up”), equivalent to be- +‎ stir.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English bistiren probably bi- be- stiren to rouse stir1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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