Usually means: Rouse oneself to take action.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. bestir: Merriam-Webster
  2. bestir: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bestir: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bestir: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bestir: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bestir, bestir: Wordnik
  7. bestir: Wiktionary
  8. bestir: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. bestir: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. bestir: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Bestir, bestir: Dictionary.com
  12. Bestir: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. bestir: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. bestir: Rhymezone
  15. Bestir: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. bestir: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. bestir: FreeDictionary.org
  18. bestir: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. bestir: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. bestir: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BESTIR: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bestir: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bestir)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor.
▸ verb:  (reflexive) To make active; to rouse oneself.

Similar:
rouse, bestirre, stir, brisk up, brisk, stir up, swing into action, kick start, amove, incite, more...

Opposite:
laze, idle, relax, rest, unwind

Types:
excite, arouse, stimulate, motivate, provoke, inflame, more...

Phrases:
bestir oneself, more...

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Similar:
rouse, bestirre, stir, brisk up, brisk, stir up, swing into action, kick start, amove, incite, more...

Opposite:
laze, idle, relax, rest, unwind

Types:
excite, arouse, stimulate, motivate, provoke, inflame, more...

Phrases:
bestir oneself, more...



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