Definition of Bestirring

1. Verb. (present participle of bestir) ¹

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Definition of Bestirring

1. bestir [v] - See also: bestir

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bestirring

bestiarian
bestiaries
bestiary
bestick
besticking
besticks
bestie
besties
bestill
bestilled
bestills
besting
bestir
bestir oneself
bestirred
bestirring
bestirs
bestness
bestockinged
bestole
bestolen
bestood
bestorm
bestormed
bestorms
bestow
bestowable
bestowage
bestowal
bestowals

Literary usage of Bestirring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mediaeval Mind: A History of the Development of Thought and Emotion in by Henry Osborn Taylor (1919)
"Such a bestirring could not fail to crown itself with a mightier winging of the spirit through the higher provinces of thought. ..."

2. Surgical memoirs, and other essays by James Gregory Mumford (1908)
"The Cretan insurrection of '66 was becoming an international problem. Greece was taking sides with Crete against Turkey, and the powers were bestirring ..."

3. An Apologetical Relation of the Particular Sufferings of the Faithful by John Brown (1844)
"That there was never greater necessity for their bestirring of themselves as faithful ministers of the gospel than now, when there are so many thousands ..."

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