(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:07:00

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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