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Webster 1913 Edition

Astert

A-stert

,

Verb.

T.

[Pref.

a-

+

start

; OE.

asterten

,

asturten

.]

To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun.

[Obs.]

Spenser.

A-stert′

,

Verb.

I.

To escape.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Astert

ASTERT'

,

Verb.

T.

To startle. [Not in use.]