Astert \A*stert\, v. t. [Pref. a- + start; OE. asterten, asturten.] To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Astert \A*stert"\, v. i. To escape. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Asthenia