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verb

Stir v. t. (past & past part. stirred; pres. part. stirring)

1.

To change the place of in any manner; to move. "My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir."

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."

3.

To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot. "Stir not questions of jurisdiction."

4.

To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite. "To stir men to devotion." "An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife." "And for her sake some mutiny will stir." 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.

Synonyms: To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke.

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."

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." "The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from resenting his unjust suspicions, were stirring anxiously in his behalf."

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."

4.

To rise, or be up, in the morning. (Colloq.)

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"Stirred" Quotes from Famous Books

... defeat, I ordered General Smith to go out from Memphis and renew the offensive, so as to keep Forrest off our roads. This he did finally, defeating Forrest at Tupelo, on the 13th, 14th, and 15th days of July; and he so stirred up matters in North Mississippi that Forrest could not leave for Tennessee. This, for a time, left me only the task of covering the roads against such minor detachments of cavalry as Johnston could spare from his immediate army, and I proposed to keep these too busy in their own ...

— The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete • William T. Sherman

... admission as a solicitor (the circumstances required his being under articles for three years only), and then, if everything were still favourable, accept a junior partnership in the firm. Such an offer was a testimony of the high regard in which Scawthorne was held by his employer; it stirred him with hope he had never dared to entertain since his eyes were opened to the realities of the world, and in a single day did more for the ripening of his prudence than years would have effected had his position remained unaltered. Scawthorne realised more distinctly ...

— The Nether World • George Gissing

... a plain hint, and in an ordinary way Phoby Geen would have taken it. But the devil stirred him up to remember the insult he'd received from Amelia Sanders that very day; and by and by, as he walked home to Porthleah, there came into his mind a far wickeder thought. Partners though he and Dan'l were, each owned ...

— Merry-Garden and Other Stories • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... A strange emotion stirred her, a sudden quickening of the pulse told her that something new had come into her life. She drew a deep, startled breath and felt her cheeks crimsoning. She swiftly turned her head and gazed out over the flat, leaving him standing there, ...

— The Two-Gun Man • Charles Alden Seltzer

... with mop and towel, stirred up everybody else to duty. Her niece-in-law laughed, withdrew her feet from the comfortable fender, and departed to the kitchen to give her household orders for the day. Faith removed cups, glasses, ...

— Faith Gartney's Girlhood • Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

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