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Webster 1913 Edition
Bestir
Be-stir′
,Verb.
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. Shakespeare
Rouse and
bestir
themselves ere well awake. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bestir
BESTIR'
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
bestir
bestir
English
Verb
bestir (third-person singular simple present bestirs, present participle bestirring, simple past and past participle bestirred)
- (transitive) To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor.
- (intransitive) To become active; to rouse oneself.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 9
- When he had bestirred himself, […] it was clear daylight, though the sun had not tipped the yellow wall in the east.
Translations
to put into brisk or vigorous action
to become active
Anagrams
Faroese
Adjective
bestir
Declension
| bestur a5 | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | bestur | best | best |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | bestan | besta | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | bestum | bestari | bestum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (bests) | (bestar/ bestrar) |
(bests) |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | bestir | bestar | best |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | bestar | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | bestum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (besta/ bestra) |
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