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▪ I. upˈstirring, vbl. n.
[up- 7.]
The action of stirring up or arousing; stimulation; incitement, encouragement.
1613P. Forbes Comm. Rev. v. (1614) 30 The singing of the rest should serue the Church for a new vpstirring to insist in his praise. a1653Binning Serm. (1735) 634/1 There is no up-stirring to Faith among us. 1671[R. MacWard] True Nonconf. 393 We are to emulat the grace and principle of zeal..for our upstirring to acts in like manner. 1730T. Boston Mem. xi. (1899) 353 The which practice I found useful to my upstirring. 1826E. Irving Babylon II. 414 The upstirring of infidel principles. a1861Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. (1878) I. 142 It was a period of deep-seated mental excitement, of a prodigious upstirring of the human intellect.
▪ II. upˈstirring, ppl. a.
[up- 6.]
Stimulating, rousing.
1751R. Shirra in Rem. (1850) 182 Sacred biography is very upstirring to the godly reader. 1834D. Smith Mem. Rev. John Brown of Whitburn 57 Only as viewed in promises are they sanctifying and upstirring. |