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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of bestir.

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Examples

  • As she hove to, a cable length away, the captain of The Francis Spaight bestirred himself and ordered a tarpaulin to be thrown over O'Brien's corpse.

    THE "FRANCIS SPAIGHT" 2010

  • This line made it easy for us to determine how far to let them run away before we bestirred ourselves in pursuit.

    THE SIEGE OF THE 'LANCASHIRE QUEEN' 2010

  • After that the owner of the dogs bestirred himself, made complaint to Constantine, and from him received the loan of a policeman.

    AT THE RAINBOW'S END 2010

  • Japan's central bank bestirred the markets yesterday with an unexpected expansion of its quantitative easing program and an explicit inflation target.

    Beating a Dead (Monetary) Horse 2012

  • The Old General was in a sad state of health, but he bestirred himself to reply.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • The Old General was in a sad state of health, but he bestirred himself to reply.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • Unidentified Woman #1: ... and thus has so bestirred thee in they sleep ...

    Actors Retreat To Shakespearean Haven 2010

  • Unidentified Woman #1: ... and thus has so bestirred thee in they sleep ...

    Actors Retreat To Shakespearean Haven 2010

  • Gore saw the seriousness of the problem more vividly and sooner than the vast majority of Americans and bestirred himself to do something about it.

    First the good news 2010

  • Unidentified Woman #1: ... and thus has so bestirred thee in they sleep ...

    Actors Retreat To Shakespearean Haven 2010

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