bestir

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BESTIR', verb transitive bestur' [be and stir.] To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; usually with the reciprocal pronoun; as, rise and bestir yourselves.
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