BESTIR

[verb] [T] -rr- [formal] - to make active after a period of restAfter several months of indifference, the residents finally started to bestir themselves to stop the motorway from being built near their homes. [+ object + to infinitive](humorous) Bestir yourself from that chair and make me a cup of tea, would you?(figurative) Share prices rose sharply yesterday, bestirred by the news of a cut in interest rates.