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

simple past tense and past participle 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.

present participle of astart

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of astart