¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bestirring
1. bestir [v] - See also: bestir
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bestirring
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 ..."
Other Resources:
