Definition for STIR

STIR, v.i. [stur.]

  1. To move one's self. He is not able to stir.
  2. To go or he carried in any manner. He is not able to stir from home, or to stir abroad.
  3. To be in motion; not to be still. He is continually stirring.
  4. To become the object of notice or conversation. They fancy they have a right to talk freely upon every thing that stirs or appears. – Watts.
  5. To rise in the morning. [Colloquial.] – Shak.

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