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Jan. 17, 2015

astir \uh-STUR\ adjective 1. moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement: The field was astir with small animals, birds, and insects. 2. up and about; out of bed. Quotes We were wakened by many hurrying feet, and many confused voices; all the world seemed awake and astir. -- Elizabeth Gaskell, The Grey Woman, 1861 Origin Astir entered English before 1000, and is a combination of the reduced form a- and the word stir.

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