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单词 bestirs
释义

bestir

verb

be·​stir bi-ˈstər How to pronounce bestir (audio)
bē-
bestirred; bestirring; bestirs

transitive verb

: to rouse to action : get going

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The New York Times finally bestirred itself to report on Reade’s charges, burying them on page A20 of its Easter Sunday edition. Nr Editors, National Review, 16 Apr. 2020 If the charges against Bob Kraft are proven to be true, then Goodell should bestir himself to punish the Patriots owner severely, and with something beyond a fine. Charles P. Pierce, Sports Illustrated, 16 Mar. 2019 Drew Nolan caused his coach, Harry Litwack, to bestir himself from the bench. Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, 8 June 2018 Nobody in all his years of coaching at Temple has bestirred Litwack from the bench so often as Drew Nolan. Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, 8 June 2018 And yet most of us have still not bestirred ourselves to care, much less to march in the streets demanding change. Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2017 And yet most of us have still not bestirred ourselves to care, much less to march in the streets demanding change. Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2017 And yet most of us have still not bestirred ourselves to care, much less to march in the streets demanding change. Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2017 And yet most of us have still not bestirred ourselves to care, much less to march in the streets demanding change. Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

bestir

verb

be·​stir bi-ˈstər How to pronounce bestir (audio)
bestirred; bestirring
: to stir up : rouse to action
Fairies came trooping forth … to busy and bestir themselves. Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth

bestirs

verb

present tense third-person singular of bestir
as in stirs

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • stirs
  • awakens
  • awakes
  • arouses
  • wakes
  • rises
  • arises
  • rolls out
  • gets up
  • uprises
  • turns out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • retires
  • rests
  • beds (down)
  • sleeps
  • nods
  • dozes
  • slumbers
  • snoozes
  • settles
  • lies up
  • perches
  • naps
  • lies (down)
  • reclines
  • roosts
  • turns in
  • drops off
  • flops (down)
  • catnaps
  • couches
  • bunks
  • dosses (down)
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