2. Verb. (third-person singular of stir) ¹
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Definition of Stirs
1. stir [v] - See also: stir
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stirs
Literary usage of Stirs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... stirs all the ranks, and fires the Trojan train; Inform like Acamas, the
Thracian guide, Enrag'd, to Troy's retiring chiefs he cry'd: How long, ..."
2. The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation by Ernst von Dobschütz (1914)
"The church was training the nations by means of the Bible, and now it is the
Bible which stirs the anti-ecclesiastical movements. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... There lies a annoy feather, which stirs not : Did he suspire, that light and
weightless down Perforce must move. ..."
4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"Ross v. City of Ft. Wayne (US) 64 Fed. 1006, 1007, 12 O. a A. 627. Maintenance,
In this country, is where one stirs up quarrels or suits In relation ..."
5. A Journal Or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian by George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Askew Fell Fox (1839)
"Ye ' may be sure that spirit that stirs you up to persecution, let it be in '
whomsoever it will, is not of Christ, and of his lamb-like nature, ..."
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