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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

astart en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /əˈstɑː(ɹ)t/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete) With a start; suddenly.

astart en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /əˈstɑː(ɹ)t/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to start; startle; start up; jump.
    • oft out of her bed she did astart, / As one with vew of ghastly feends affright [...]. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  2. (intransitive) To start up.
  3. (obsolete) To get away, escape; escape from.
  4. (intransitive) To be escaped from.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
astarting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
astarts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
astarted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
astarted Tense=Past lexicographic