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BESTIR
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Irregular inflected forms: bestirred , bestirring
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they bestir ... he / she / it bestirs
Past simple: bestirred
Past participle: bestirred
-ing form: bestirring
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become active
Example:
He finally bestirred himself
Synonyms:
bestir; rouse
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "bestir" is one way to...):
be active; move (be in a state of action)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
