| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To stir, agitate, waggle, churn or wiggle.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To incite, abet or unnerve. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To shake, brandish, riffle, wag or wobble. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To perturb, disturb, unsettle or derange. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To whisk, affect or move. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To flounder or wallow. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To gauge, investigate, explore or rummage. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To ruffle or discompose.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Present participle conjugation of the verb bestir.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (bestir) | 1. Become active; "He finally bestirred himself".[Wordnet]. 2. To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: bestirring, bestirred, bestirs, bestirrer, bestirrers, bestirringly and bestirredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "BESTIRRING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BESTIRRING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Moving briskly; putting into vigorous action.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of bestir. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: bestir
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Bestir oneself | Start to be active. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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