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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. stören, OHG. stōren to scatter, destroy. √166.]
1. To change the place of in any manner; to move.
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My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir. Sir W. Temple.
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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”.
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My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred. Shak.
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3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
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Stir not questions of jurisdiction. Bacon.
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4. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite. “To stir men to devotion.” Chaucer.
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An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife. Shak.
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And for her sake some mutiny will stir. Dryden.
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☞ 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.
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Syn. -- To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke.
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Stir, v. i.
1. To move; to change one's position.
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I had not power to stir or strive,
But felt that I was still alive. Byron.
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2. To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.
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All are not fit with them to stir and toil. Byron.
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The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from resenting his unjust suspicions, were stirring anxiously in his behalf. Merivale.
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3. To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
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They fancy they have a right to talk freely upon everything that stirs or appears. I. Watts.
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4. To rise, or be up, in the morning. [Colloq.] Shak.
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Stir, n.
1. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
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Why all these words, this clamor, and this stir? Denham.
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Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of. Locke.
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2. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
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Being advertised of some stirs raised by his unnatural sons in England. Sir J. Davies.
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3. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
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