Definition of "bestirred" [bestirred]

• Simple past tense and past participle of bestir. (verb)

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• "Japan's central bank bestirred the markets yesterday with an unexpected expansion of its quantitative easing program and an explicit inflation target."
• "As she hove to, a cable length away, the captain of The Francis Spaight bestirred himself and ordered a tarpaulin to be thrown over O'Brien's corpse."
• "After that the owner of the dogs bestirred himself, made complaint to Constantine, and from him received the loan of a policeman."