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Definition of Bestir oneself
1. Verb. Start to be active. "Get cracking, please!"
Generic synonyms: Begin, Commence, Get, Get Down, Set About, Set Out, Start, Start Out
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bestir Oneself
Literary usage of Bestir oneself
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget (1883)
"(violence) 173- bestir oneself &c. (be active) 682 ; lose -no time, - not a
moment, - not an instant; make short werk of; make the best ef one's -time, ..."
2. French Short Stories by Douglas Labaree Buffum (1907)
"... bestir oneself, move about; remuant, -e, stirring, turbulent. renaître, T.
to be born again, spring up again. renard, m. fox. rencontre, /. meeting; ..."
3. A German and English Dictionary by Karl. Breul (1906)
"... rr to bestir oneself, to be an Bett'tel—n, ra to give a title to; to entitle,
style, call. —und,/- entitling, title. ..."
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