Synonyms for bestir
bɪˈstɜrbe·stir

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1. bestir, rouseverb

   become active

   "He finally bestirred himself"

   Synonyms:
   charge, commove, wake, charge up, waken, excite, drive out, turn on, wake up, force out, rout out, arouse, awaken, rouse, agitate

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1. Charles Handy - The Age of Unreason:

   I like less the story that a frog if put in cold water will not bestir itself if that water is heated up slowly and gradually and will in the end let itself be boiled alive, too comfortable with continuity to realize that continuous change at some point may become intolerable and demand a change in behavior.