different between vigorous vs bestir

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman vigrus, from Old French vigoros (French vigoureux), from Medieval Latin vigorosus, from Latin vigor. Doublet of vigoroso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?????s/
• Rhymes: -?????s

Adjective

vigorous (comparative more vigorous, superlative most vigorous)

1. Physically strong and active.
   • 1976, Joni Mitchell, "Song for Sharon":

     Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink

     Circling in singles and in pairs

     In this vigorous anonymity

2. Mentally strong and active.
3. Rapid of growth.

   a vigorous shrub

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English bestyrien, bestirien, from Old English bestyrian (“to heap up, pile up”), equivalent to be- +? stir.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??st??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??st?/, /bi?st?/, /b??st?/

Verb

bestir (third-person singular simple present bestirs, present participle bestirring, simple past and past participle bestirred)

1. (transitive) To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor.
2. (reflexive) To make active; to rouse oneself.

Translations

References

• bestir at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Bertis, Breits, Sibert, bister, bistre, biters, bitser, rebits, tribes

Aragonese

Etymology

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Verb

bestir

1. (transitive, reflexive) to dress

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “bestir”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, ?ISBN

Faroese

Adjective

bestir

1. (in the plural) best, superlative of góður and væl

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bestuur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b?s?t?r]
• Hyphenation: bês?tir

Noun

bêstir (first-person possessive bestirku, second-person possessive bestirmu, third-person possessive bestirnya)

1. (colloquial) management, the executives of an organisation.

Related terms

Further reading

• “bestir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.