Upstir
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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 […]"
Verb
- 1 To disturb, cause a commotion, stir up.
"And conscience to upstir him […]"
Example
More examples"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 […]"
Etymology
From up- + stir.
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