What does bestir mean?

Definitions for bestir
bɪˈstɜrbe·stir

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bestir, rouseverb

    become active

    "He finally bestirred himself"

Wiktionary

  1. bestirverb

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

  2. bestirverb

    To become active; to rouse oneself.

  3. Etymology: From bestyrien, bestirien, from bestyrian, equivalent to.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Bestirverb

    to put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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 »

  1. bister

  2. bistre

  3. biters

  4. rebits

  5. tribes

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bestir in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bestir in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of bestir in a Sentence

  1. 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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