bestir
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bestir
- /bɪˈstɜː/ UK
- /bɪˈstɝ/ US
- /biˈstɝ/ US
- /bəˈstɝ/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English bestyrien, bestirien, from Old English bestyrian (“to heap up, pile up”), equivalent to be- + stir.
verb bestirs · bestirring · bestirred
- To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor. Notwithstanding all the various temptations to bad temper, pride, greediness, adultery and so forth, the enemy really has but one temptation, and that is, to bestir the saints.
- To make active; to rouse oneself. Like the knocking at the door in Macbeth, or the cry of the watchman in the Tour de Nesle, they show that the horrible cæsura is over and the nightmares have fled away, because the day is breaking and the ordinary life of men is beginning to bestir itself among the streets.
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verb to put into brisk or vigorous action
| Español | animar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 行動起來 /行动起来 xíngdòng qǐlai, 活躍起來 /活跃起来 huóyuè qǐlai |
| Tiếng Việt | vùng vằng |
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title = {bestir},
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