astart

English

Etymology

From Middle English asterten, asteorten, from a- (from Old English ā-) + sterten, equivalent to a- +‎ start.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈstɑː(ɹ)t/

Verb

astart (third-person singular simple present astarts, present participle astarting, simple past and past participle astarted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to start; startle; start up; jump.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     oft out of her bed she did astart, / As one with vew of ghastly feends affright [...].

2. (intransitive) To start up.
3. (obsolete) To get away, escape; escape from.
4. (intransitive) To be escaped from.

Adverb

astart (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) With a start; suddenly.

Anagrams

• Attars, Sattar, Tatars, Tatras, attars, strata