bestir
verb (used with object)
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively).
will bestir
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future tenseof bestir.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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It was not and Northampton's comeback will bestir them ahead of next Sunday's play-off at Saracens.
From The Guardian ● May 4, 2013
I cherish the hope that all the friends, realizing the necessity of this measure, will bestir themselves and contribute, however modestly at first, towards the speedy establishment and the increase of that Fund.
From Bahá’í Administration by Shoghi Effendi
Then Knudsen will bestir himself and race me for bed, at the same time that Reardon lays by his pen and accepts our warning.
From At Plattsburg by Allen French
Ay, ay—Talcott has his orders; and I expect you will bestir yourself.
From Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper
"It is to be hoped and expected that the Government will bestir itself in earnest this time," said a bald-headed Englishman, standing with his back to the stove.
From A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
