astare

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See also: āstäre

English

Etymology

a- +‎ stare

Pronunciation

Adverb

astare (not comparable)

  1. Staring; amazed.
    • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, in Men and Women‎, volume 1, London: Chapman and Hall, page 140:
      One stiff blind horse, his every bone a-stare, / Stood stupefied,
    • 1902, Mary Johnston, chapter 9, in Audrey,‎, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 125:
      passing the long college all astare with windows
    • 1929, Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel‎, London: Heinemann, Part 2, Chapter 27:
      A flashlight: Hugh Barton and his bride limply astare—frightened;
    • 1968, Austin Clarke, chapter 19, in A Penny in the Clouds‎, Dublin: Moytura Press, published 1990, page 151:
      […] the Man of the House and his wife greeted us, their children astare with wondering eyes.

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

astāre

  1. present active infinitive of astō

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *āstäre, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to burn”). Compare Tocharian A āştär.

Adjective

astare

  1. pure

Derived terms

Further reading

Zazaki

Alternative forms

Noun

astare m

  1. star
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