astare

See also: āstäre

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ stare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈstɛɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
• Homophone: Astaire (one pronunciation)

Adverb

astare (not comparable)

1. Staring; amazed.
   • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, in Men and Women‎^[1], 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,‎^[2], Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 125:

     passing the long college all astare with windows

   • 1929, Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel‎^[3], 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^[4], Dublin: Moytura Press, published 1990, page 151:

     […] the Man of the House and his wife greeted us, their children astare with wondering eyes.

Anagrams

• Satrae, Ae star, reatas, sea rat, searat, Atsera, Astrea, Sarate

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

• astaräññe
• astre-pälsko
• astre-were

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 36-37

Zazaki

Noun

astare m

1. Alternative form of estare