upsteerv.
Now dialect.
transitive. To stir up; to throw into turmoil or disorder.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate
stirc897
putOE
sputc1175
prokec1225
prickc1230
commovec1374
baitc1378
stingc1386
movea1398
eager?a1400
pokec1400
provokea1425
tollc1440
cheera1450
irritec1450
encourage1483
incite1483
harden1487
attice1490
pricklea1522
to set on1523
incense1531
irritate1531
animate1532
tickle1532
stomach1541
instigate1542
concitea1555
upsteer1558
urge1565
instimulate1570
whip1573
goad1579
raise1581
to set upa1586
to call ona1592
incitate1597
indarec1599
alarm1602
exstimulate1603
to put on1604
feeze1610
impulse1611
fomentate1613
emovec1614
animalize1617
stimulate1619
spura1644
trinkle1685
cite1718
to put up1812
prod1832
to jack up1914
goose1934
the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > bring about by incitement
stirc897
forthclepe?c1000
raisec1175
entice1297
rearc1325
excitea1340
arta1450
provocate?a1475
suscitate1528
to stir upc1530
provoke1535
store1552
concitea1555
upsteer1558
spirit1598
solicit1602
foment1606
fana1616
proritate1620
incite1627
ferment1660
spirita1680
brush1755
whip1805
to put (also set) (the) spurs to1819
fillipa1822
instigate1852
spark-plug1945
whomp1961
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > disarrange [verb (transitive)]
disarraya1387
difforma1425
disrank1602
discompose1611
unrank1611
dismarshall1630
deform1725
disarrange1744
disrange1775
derange1777
misarrange1815
upsteer1889
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vi. sig. S.j What slaughters wyld shall they vpsteere?
1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xi. 38 Wa worth the wit that first began This deir debait for to vpsteir.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 273 His Nobilis..he vpsteiris to take Weapounis.
1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) 589 All th' rooms was upsteer'd.
Derivatives
upˈsteerer n.
ΚΠ
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 413 That ȝe suld be the..author and vpsteirer of thir tumultes.
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