Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To cause to become active; rouse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put into brisk or vigorous action; reflexively, move with life and vigor: as, bestir yourself.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To put into
brisk orvigorous action; to move withlife andvigor . - verb intransitive To become
active ; torouse oneself.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb become active
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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If there had been an assault, maybe they would bestir themselves.
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Not to bestir the busybodies at the FTC, but the limitations Time Warner and Cablevision place on their cable apps amount to an agreement not to compete.
Cable, Innovative? You Don't Say! Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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We learned from the Urban League's Achievement Campaign that youngsters will respond if only the adults in the proverbial village bestir themselves to inspire and then recognize them.
Hugh B. Price: Community Mobilization: A Missing Link in School Reform Hugh B. Price 2011
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Strangely, they just keep pontificating and “being concerned” and never bother to bestir themselves to actually research theissue.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Major legal win for Students for Concealed Carry on Campus 2010
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As the investor Benjamin Graham wrote in 1951: "Poor management is often paid more than it deserves; but here, if the stockholders bestir themselves at all, they should devote their efforts to changing personnel rather than pay."
A Chance to Veto a CEO's Bonus Jason Zweig 2011
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Shadows lurk near the entrances to alleys, but none bestir themselves to trouble us.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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We learned from the Urban League's Achievement Campaign that youngsters will respond if only the adults in the proverbial village bestir themselves to inspire and then recognize them.
Hugh B. Price: Community Mobilization: A Missing Link in School Reform Hugh B. Price 2011
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Whereupon Snettishane, with visions of his incalculable interest keeping him awake of nights, thought it time to bestir himself.
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We learned from the Urban League's Achievement Campaign that youngsters will respond if only the adults in the proverbial village bestir themselves to inspire and then recognize them.
Hugh B. Price: Community Mobilization: A Missing Link in School Reform Hugh B. Price 2011
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Shadows lurk near the entrances to alleys, but none bestir themselves to trouble us.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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