Bestir

a. To stir up; to put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor. (Generally with reciprocal pronoun.) "But, as a dog that turns the spit, Bestirs himself , and plies his feet." - Hudibras . Bestorm', v. a. To overtake with a storm. Bestorm', v. a. To agitate; to to about; to rage. Bestow', v. a. [A.S. be , and stow , a place; Frisian, sto , a principal place.] To set, lay, or place; to lay up; to de- posit for safety. "And when he came to the Tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house." -2 Kings v. 24. -To apply; to make use of; to dispose of. "Otherwise the whole force of the war would infallibly have been bestowed there." - Swift. -To give; to confer;-used generally with on or upon . "But his nature was such as to bestow it upon himself."-Sidney. -To give in marriage. "I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman, who extremely admired her." - Tatier.