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bestir

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6 lettersPronunciation /bɪˈstɜː/Part of speech verbSorted beirstStarts with BEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. become active

Word origin

From Middle English bestyrien, bestirien, from Old English bestyrian (“to heap up, pile up”), equivalent to be- + stir.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • 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.

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