Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hearth; a home.
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Examples
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Il avait besoin d´ un agneau qui mangeait les burgeons de baobabs, avant qu´ ils grandissaient et faisaient éclater son petit astre.
The Little Prince Hits a Brick Wall Ayala Sender 2007
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SOLEIL, _m. _, astre qui produit la lumière du jour.
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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Quil marque un nouvel astre et le confie au sort:
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It also forms many new adjectives. astre, star. malastru, ill-starred. sabe, to know. saberu, learned.
Frederic Mistral Downer, Charles A 1901
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Toi, bel astre d'amour, viens sourire à nos coeurs!
In Bohemia with Du Maurier The First Of A Series Of Reminiscences Felix Moscheles 1875
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W. Scott; _astre_, _aistre_, a hearth, a Norman word found in 1292;
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873
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Hélas! et sous quel astre, ô ciel, m’as-tu formée,
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This is a pejorative suffix. vido, life. vidasso, wretched life. ” astre.
Frederic Mistral Downer, Charles A 1901
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Foi de Chevalier! elle est charmante; mais l’autre, qui est cette nymphe, cet astre qui brille, cette
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Foi de Chevalier! elle est charmante; mais l'autre, qui est cette nymphe, cet astre qui brille, cette Diane qui descend sur nous? "
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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