Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete preterit of
start .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- p. p. of
start .
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Examples
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The peple out-sterte, and caste the cart to grounde,
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And thenne they sterte up bothe, and pulled oute their swerdys, *** And so they went egrely to the battaille, and gaf many grete strokes, but alweyes Arthurs swerd bote [18] not like
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Each soldier was to be provided with a coat of grey frieze, with half sleeves, and a pair of new boots or else "sterte upps."
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The peple out-sterte, and caste the cart to grounde,
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_Start_ is here, and in p. 136, used for _started_, being borrowed from _sterte_, the old perfect of the verb.
The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06
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And therewithal Sir Arthur lightly leapt to it, and gat it in his hand, and forthwithal he knew that it was his sword Excalibur, and said, Thou hast been from me all too long, and much damage hast thou done me; and therewith he espied the scabbard hanging by his side, and suddenly he sterte to him and pulled the scabbard from him, and threw it from him as far as he might throw it.
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And therewithal Sir Arthur lightly leapt to it, and gat it in his hand, and forthwithal he knew that it was his sword Excalibur, and said, Thou hast been from me all too long, and much damage hast thou done me; and therewith he espied the scabbard hanging by his side, and suddenly he sterte to him and pulled the scabbard from him, and threw it from him as far as he might throw it.
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