stur

Verb

stir (third-person singular simple present stirs, present participle stirring, simple past and past participle stirred)

1. (transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
   • She stirred the pudding with a spoon.

   Synonyms:

   agitate

2. (transitive) To disturb the content of (a container) by passing an object through it.
   • Would you please stir this pot so that the chocolate doesn't burn?
3. (transitive) To emotionally affect; to touch, to move.
   • And what delights can equal those
     ⁠That stir the spirit’s inner deeps,
     ⁠When one that loves but knows not, reaps
     A truth from one that loves and knows?1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 64
4. (transitive) To incite to action.
   • An Ate, stirring him to bloud and strife […]c. 1595, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, act I, scene 2

   Synonyms:

   arouse, instigate, prompt, excite, abet, actuate, goose, fuel, light a fire under, send

5. (transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate.
   • Preserue the rights of thy place, but stirre not questions of Iurisdiction : and rather assume thy right in silence, and de facto, then voice it with claimes, and challenges.1613, Francis Bacon, chapter 8, in The Essaies, London
6. (obsolete, transitive) To disturb, to disrupt.
   • They ſay he is the King of Perſea.
     But if he dare attempt to ſtir your ſiege,
     Twere requiſite he ſhould be ten times more,
     For all fleſh quakes at your magnificence.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

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