bestir
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- Proto-Indo-European *(s)twr̥H-yé-ti? Proto-Germanic *sturjaną Proto-West Germanic *sturjan Old English styrian Old English bestyrian Middle English bestyrien English bestir From Middle English bestyrien, bestirien, from Old English bestyrian (“to heap up, pile up”), equivalent to be- + stir.
- inherited from bestyrien
Definitions
To put into brisk or vigorous action
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 make active; to rouse oneself.
- The old man and his wife bestirred themselves to make every thing ready for the unexpected guests, […]
- When he had bestirred himself, […] it was clear daylight, though the sun had not tipped the yellow wall in the east.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for bestir. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA