My foot I had never yet in five days been able to
stir. --Sir W.
Temple.
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.
My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred.
--Shak.
3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
Stir not questions of jurisdiction. --Bacon.
4. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt;
to excite. ``To stir men to devotion.'' --Chaucer.
An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife. --Shak.
And for her sake some mutiny will stir. --Dryden.
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.
Syn: To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate;
excite; provoke.
A more stirring and intellectual age than any which had
gone before it. --Southey.
Syn: Animating; arousing; awakening; stimulating; quickening;
exciting.