astir

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

astir
    adj 1: out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each
           morning" [syn: {astir(p)}, {up(p)}]
    2: on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over
       the incident" [syn: {about(p)}, {astir(p)}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Astir \A*stir"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + stir.]
   Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.
   [1913 Webster] Astomatous

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