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stir |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stir \Stir\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stirred}; p. pr & vb n. {Stirring}.] [OE. stiren, steren, sturen AS styrian; probably akin to D. storen to disturb, G. st["o]ren, OHG. st[=o]ren to scatter, destroy. [root]166.] 1. To change the place of in any manner; to move My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir. --Sir W. Temple. 2. To disturb the relative position of the particles of as of a liquid, by passing something through it to agitate; as to stir a pudding with a spoon. My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred. --Shak. 3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot. Stir not questions of jurisdiction. --Bacon. 4. To incite to action to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite. ``To stir men to devotion.'' --Chaucer. An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife. --Shak. And for her sake some mutiny will stir. --Dryden. Note: In all senses except the first stir is often followed by up with an intensive effect; as to stir up fire; to stir up sedition. Syn: To move incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stir \Stir\, v. i. 1. To move to change one's position. I had not power to stir or strive, But felt that I was still alive. --Byron. 2. To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self All are not fit with them to stir and toil. --Byron. The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from resenting his unjust suspicions, were stirring anxiously in his behalf. --Merivale. 3. To become the object of notice; to be on foot. They fancy they have a right to talk freely upon everything that stirs or appears. --I. Watts. 4. To rise, or be up in the morning. [Colloq.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stir \Stir\, n. 1. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. Why all these words this clamor, and this stir? --Denham. Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of --Locke. 2. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar. Being advertised of some stirs raised by his unnatural sons in England. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stir n 1: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: {disturbance}, {disruption}, {commotion}, {turmoil}, {hurly burly}, {to-do}] 2: emotional agitation and excitement 3: a rapid bustling commotion [syn: {bustle}, {hustle}, {flurry}, {ado}, {fuss}] v 1: move with a stirring motion; "stir the soup" 2: move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [syn: {shift}, {budge}, {agitate}] 3: stir feelings in "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience" [syn: {stimulate}, {excite}] 4: as of senses or emotions; "These stories shook the community" [syn: {stimulate}, {shake}, {shake up}, {excite}] 5: agitate; "toss the salad"; "stir nuts into the dough" [syn: {toss}] 6: affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy" [syn: {touch}] 7: evoke or call forth: "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance" [syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {invoke}, {call down}, {arouse}, {bring up}, {put forward}, {call forth}] 8: to begin moving "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir" [syn: {arouse}]
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