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
Ay, ay—Talcott has his orders; and I expect you will bestir yourself.
From Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper
Then the men forward will bestir themselves and presently a red glow rises and flickers and paints what it touches, with its own colours.
From The Children of the King by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
"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
Orthodoxy and even democratic practice have hitherto taken it for granted—in spite of the examples of highly socialized men, benefactors of society—that the average citizen will bestir himself only for material gain.
From An essay on the American contribution and the democratic idea by Winston Churchill
