simple past tense and past participle of astart

A Semitic goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war, cognate in name, origin and function with the goddess Ishtar of Mesopotamian texts.

present participle of astart

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of astart

(transitive, obsolete) To cause to start; startle; start up; jump. / (intransitive) To start up. / (obsolete) To get away, escape; escape from. / (intransitive) To be escaped from.

(obsolete) With a start; suddenly.