Meaning

4 senses

  1. (intransitive)To start up.

  2. (intransitive)To be escaped from.

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To cause to start; startle; start up; jump.

  4. (obsolete)To get away, escape; escape from.

Origin

From Middle English asterten, asteorten, from a- (from Old English ā-) + sterten, equivale

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

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Forms

astarts, astarting, astarted, astarted
Base formastart · to astart
3rd person singularastarts
Present participleastarting
Past simpleastarted
Past participleastarted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyastart
he, she, itastarts

Past simpleLesson

all personsastarted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave astarted
he, she, ithas astarted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill astart

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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