different between startle vs astart
startle
English
Etymology
From Middle English startlen, stertlen, stertyllen (“to rush, stumble along”), from Old English steartlian (“to kick with the foot, struggle, stumble”), equivalent to start +? -le. Cognate with Old Norse stirtla (“to hobble, stagger”), Icelandic stirtla (“to straighten up, erect”). Compare also Middle English stertil (“hasty”). More at start.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?st??t(?)l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?st??t(?)l/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t?l
Verb
startle (third-person singular simple present startles, present participle startling, simple past and past participle startled)
- (intransitive) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
- Why shrinks the soul / Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
- (transitive) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
- The supposition, at least, that angels do sometimes assume bodies need not startle us.
- 1896, Joseph Conrad, "An Outcast of the Islands"
- Nothing could startle her, make her scold or make her cry. She did not complain, she did not rebel.
- (transitive, obsolete) To deter; to cause to deviate.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Clarendon to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (to move suddenly): start
- (to excite suddenly): alarm, frighten, scare, surprise
- (deter): deter
Derived terms
- startling
Translations
Noun
startle (plural startles)
- A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.
Derived terms
- startler
- startlish
Translations
See also
- skittish
Anagrams
- Slatter, Stalter, Statler, rattles, slatter, starlet
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astart
English
Etymology
From Middle English asterten, asteorten, from a- (from Old English ?-) + sterten, equivalent to a- +? start.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??st??(?)t/
Verb
astart (third-person singular simple present astarts, present participle astarting, simple past and past participle astarted)
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to start; startle; start up; jump.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:
- oft out of her bed she did astart, / As one with vew of ghastly feends affright [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:
- (intransitive) To start up.
- (obsolete) To get away, escape; escape from.
- (intransitive) To be escaped from.
Adverb
astart (not comparable)
- (obsolete) With a start; suddenly.
Anagrams
- Attars, Sattar, Tatars, Tatras, attars, strata
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