upstir
upstir noun: commotion; disturbance, tumult.
Noun
upstir (plural upstirs)
- Commotion; disturbance, tumult.
- But yee […] ought to be like sheep to your King, who ought to be like a Shepheard unto you, even in the time when your profit was sought, and better redresse was intended then your upstirres and unquietnesse could obtaine […]1549, John Cheke, The Hurt of Sedition
- The world is now in an upstir because this association is about to hold its great convention in New York City1983, Marcus Garvey, Robert Hill, The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Univ. of Calif. Press, →ISBN, page 390
Verb
upstir (third-person singular simple present upstirs, present participle upstirring, simple past and past participle upstirred)
- To disturb, cause a commotion, stir up.
- And conscience to upstir him […]1876, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth, Ishmael In the Depths, digitized edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2005
- […] upstirring of the modern democrat against the aristocrat […]1994, The Arizona Quarterly: Vol 50, Univ. of Arizona, page 100
Forms of upstir
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | upstirs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | upstirs |
| present participle | upstirring |
| past participle | upstirred |
| past | upstirred |
Origin of upstir
From up- + stir.
Questions about upstir
- What does upstir mean?
- Upstir means commotion; disturbance, tumult.
- What part of speech is upstir?
- Upstir can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of upstir?
- The plural of upstir is upstirs.
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