Stir
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) 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.
(2): ( v. t.) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
(3): ( v. t.) To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.
(4): ( v. t.) To change the place of in any manner; to move.
(5): ( v. i.) To move; to change one's position.
(6): ( v. i.) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.
(7): ( v. i.) To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
(8): ( v. i.) To rise, or be up, in the morning.
(9): ( n.) The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
(10): ( n.) Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
(11): ( n.) Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
King James Dictionary [2]
Stir, stur. G., to stir, to disturb.
1. To move to change place in any manner.
My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir.
2. To agitate to bring into debate.
Stir on the questions of jurisdiction.
3. To incite to action to instigate to prompt.
An Ate stirring him to blood and strife.
4. To excite to raise to put into motion.
And for her sake some mutiny will stir.
To stir up,
1. To incite to animate to instigate by inflaming passions as, to stir up a nation to rebellion.
The words of Judas were good and able to stir them up to valor. 2Maccabees.
2. To excite to put into action to begin as, to stir up a mutiny or insurrection to stir up strife. 3. To quicken to enliven to make more lively or vigorous as, to stir up the mind. 4. To disturb as, to stir up the sediment of liquor.
