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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BESTIR', v.t. bestur' [be and stir.] To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; usually with the reciprocal pronoun; as, rise and bestir yourselves.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: become active; "He finally bestirred himself" [syn: bestir, rouse]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 14th century to rouse to action ; get going

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.refl. (bestirred, bestirring) exert or rouse (oneself).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bestir Be*stir", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestirred; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestirring.] To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun. You have so bestirred your valor. --Shak. Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. --Milton.