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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
bestir .
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Examples
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As she hove to, a cable length away, the captain of The Francis Spaight bestirred himself and ordered a tarpaulin to be thrown over O'Brien's corpse.
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This line made it easy for us to determine how far to let them run away before we bestirred ourselves in pursuit.
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After that the owner of the dogs bestirred himself, made complaint to Constantine, and from him received the loan of a policeman.
AT THE RAINBOW'S END 2010
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Japan's central bank bestirred the markets yesterday with an unexpected expansion of its quantitative easing program and an explicit inflation target.
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The Old General was in a sad state of health, but he bestirred himself to reply.
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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The Old General was in a sad state of health, but he bestirred himself to reply.
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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Unidentified Woman #1: ... and thus has so bestirred thee in they sleep ...
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Unidentified Woman #1: ... and thus has so bestirred thee in they sleep ...
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Gore saw the seriousness of the problem more vividly and sooner than the vast majority of Americans and bestirred himself to do something about it.
First the good news 2010
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Unidentified Woman #1: ... and thus has so bestirred thee in they sleep ...
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