Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To escape; escape from.
  • To cause to start; startle.
  • To start up.
  • To be escaped from.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb obsolete Same as astert.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To start up, to jump.
  • verb obsolete To get away, escape.

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From a- +‎ start.

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