What does bestir mean?
Definitions for bestir
bɪˈstɜrbe·stir
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Princeton's WordNet
bestir, rouseverb
become active
"He finally bestirred himself"
Wiktionary
bestirverb
To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor.
bestirverb
To become active; to rouse oneself.
Etymology: From bestyrien, bestirien, from bestyrian, equivalent to.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Bestirverb
Etymology: from stir.
As when men wont to watch
On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread,
Rouze and bestir themselves ere well awake. John Milton.Bestirs her then, and from each tender stalk
Whatever earth, all-bearing mother, yields,
She gathers. Par. Lost, b. v.But, as a dog that turns the spit,
Bestirs himself, and plies his feet
To climb the wheel, but all in vain,
His own weight brings him down again. Hudibras, p. ii. c. iii.What aileth them, that they must needs bestir themselves to get in air, to maintain the creature’s life? John Ray, on Creation.
I am scarce in breath, my lord. —— No marvel you have so bestirred your valour, you cowardly rascal! William Shakespeare, King Lear.
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bestir
To bestir means to make a physical or mental effort; to become active or put oneself into action. It often implies breaking out of a state of rest, idleness, or inactivity.
Webster Dictionary
Bestirverb
to put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Bestir
be-stėr′, v.t. to put into lively action: arouse into activity: (refl.) to rouse one's self—p.adj. Bestir′ring.
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Anagrams for bestir »
bister
bistre
biters
rebits
tribes
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bestir in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bestir in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of bestir in a Sentence
Charles Handy - The Age of Unreason:
I like less the story that a frog if put in cold water will not bestir itself if that water is heated up slowly and gradually and will in the end let itself be boiled alive, too comfortable with continuity to realize that continuous change at some point may become intolerable and demand a change in behavior.
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