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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASTERT

v.t.To startle. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASTERT

A *stert, v. t. Etym: [Pref. a- + start; OE. asterten, asturten.]

 

Defn: To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

ASTERT

ASTERT A *stert ", v. i.

 

Defn: To escape. [Obs. ] Chaucer.