stir

1. (transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.Examples: "She stirred the pudding with a spoon."; "He stirred his coffee so the sugar wouldn't stay at the bottom."; "My minde is troubled, like a Fountaine stir'd, / And I my selfe see not the bottome of it."Synonyms: agitatetransitive

2. (transitive) To disturb the content of (a container) by passing an object through it.Examples: "Would you please stir this pot so that the chocolate doesn't burn?"transitive

3. (transitive) To emotionally affect; to touch, to move.Examples: "And what delights can equal those ⁠That stir the spirit’s inner deeps, ⁠When one that loves but knows not, reaps A truth from one that loves and knows?"transitive

4. (transitive) To incite to action.Examples: "An Ate, stirring him to bloud and strife […]"; "The Soldiers love her Brother’s Memory; / And for her sake some Mutiny will stir."Synonyms: arouse, instigate, prompt, excite, abet, actuate, goose, sendtransitive

5. (transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate.Examples: "Preserue the rights of thy place, but stirre not questions of Iurisdiction : and rather assume thy right in silence, and de facto, then voice it with claimes, and challenges."transitive

6. (transitive, obsolete) To disturb, to disrupt.Examples: "They ſay he is the King of Perſea. But if he dare attempt to ſtir your ſiege, Twere requiſite he ſhould be ten times more, For all fleſh quakes at your magnificence."obsoletetransitive