Stir — Defs

01 v. t. To change the place of in any manner; to move.

imp. & p. p. Stirred; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.” — Sir W. Temple.
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.” — Shak.
3.
To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
“Stir not questions of jurisdiction.” — Bacon.
4.
To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.
“An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife.” — Shak.

“And for her sake some mutiny will stir.” — Dryden.

Syn. To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke.

02 v. i. To move; to change one's position.

1.
To move; to change one's position.
“I had not power to stir or strive, But felt that I was still alive.” — Byron.
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.” — Byron.

“The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from resenting his unjust suspicions, were stirring anxiously in his behalf.” — Merivale.
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.” — I. Watts.
4.
To rise, or be up, in the morning.[Colloq.]

03 n. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.

1.
The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
“Why all these words, this clamor, and this stir?” — Denham.

“Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of.” — Locke.
2.
Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
“Being advertised of some stirs raised by his unnatural sons in England.” — Sir J. Davies.
3.
Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.