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To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun.

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  1. v. t. To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun.
  2. v. become active
  3. To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun. You have so bestirred your valor. Shak. Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Milton.
  4. To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life andvigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun.You have so bestirred your valor. Shak.Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Milton.