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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stir \Stir\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stirred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stirring}.] [OE. stiren, steren, sturen, AS. styrian; probably akin to D. storen to disturb, G. st["o]ren, OHG. st[=o]ren to scatter, destroy. [root]166.] 1. To change the place of in any manner; to move. [1913 Webster] My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot. [1913 Webster] Stir not questions of jurisdiction. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 4. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite. "To stir men to devotion." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife. --Shak. [1913 Webster] And for her sake some mutiny will stir. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Note: In all senses except the first, stir is often followed by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to stir up sedition. [1913 Webster] Syn: To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stir \Stir\, v. i. 1. To move; to change one's position. [1913 Webster] I had not power to stir or strive, But felt that I was still alive. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self. [1913 Webster] All are not fit with them to stir and toil. --Byron. [1913 Webster] The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from resenting his unjust suspicions, were stirring anxiously in his behalf. --Merivale. [1913 Webster] 3. To become the object of notice; to be on foot. [1913 Webster] They fancy they have a right to talk freely upon everything that stirs or appears. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 4. To rise, or be up, in the morning. [Colloq.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stir \Stir\, n. 1. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. [1913 Webster] Why all these words, this clamor, and this stir? --Denham. [1913 Webster] Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar. [1913 Webster] Being advertised of some stirs raised by his unnatural sons in England. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 3. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: stir n 1: a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he made a great splash and then disappeared" [syn: {stir}, {splash}] 2: emotional agitation and excitement 3: a rapid active commotion [syn: {bustle}, {hustle}, {flurry}, {ado}, {fuss}, {stir}] v 1: move an implement through; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"; "stir the soil" 2: move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [syn: {stir}, {shift}, {budge}, {agitate}] 3: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: {stimulate}, {excite}, {stir}] 4: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn: {stimulate}, {shake}, {shake up}, {excite}, {stir}] 5: affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy" [syn: {touch}, {stir}] 6: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {invoke}, {evoke}, {stir}, {call down}, {arouse}, {bring up}, {put forward}, {call forth}] 7: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir" [syn: {arouse}, {stir}] 8: mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"