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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  start \start\ (st[aum]rt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {started}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {starting}.] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten to
     hurl, rush, fall, G. st["u]rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over,
     to fall, Sw. st["o]rta to cast down, to fall, Dan. styrte,
     and probably also to E. start a tail; the original sense
     being, perhaps, to show the tail, to tumble over suddenly.


     [root]166. Cf. {Start} a tail.]
     1. To leap; to jump. [Obs.]
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     2. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise,
        pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a
        voluntary act.
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              And maketh him out of his sleep to start. --Chaucer.
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              I start as from some dreadful dream.  --Dryden.
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              Keep your soul to the work when ready to start
              aside.                                --I. Watts.
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              But if he start,
              It is the flesh of a corrupted heart. --Shak.
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     3. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to
        begin; as, to start in business.
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              At once they start, advancing in a line. --Dryden.
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              At intervals some bird from out the brakes
              Starts into voice a moment, then is still. --Byron.
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     4. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a
        seam may start under strain or pressure.
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     {To start after}, to set out after; to follow; to pursue.
  
     {To start against}, to act as a rival candidate against.
  
     {To start for}, to be a candidate for, as an office.
  
     {To start up}, to rise suddenly, as from a seat or couch; to
        come suddenly into notice or importance.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Starting \Start"ing\ (st[aum]rt"[i^]ng),
     a. & n. from {Start}, v.
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     {Starting bar} (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the
        valves in starting an engine.
  
     {Starting hole}, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.]
  
     {Starting point}, the point from which motion begins, or from
        which anything starts.
  
     {Starting post}, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which
        competitors in a race start, or begin the race.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  starting
       adj 1: (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear;
              "with eyes starting from their sockets"
       2: appropriate to the beginning or start of an event; "the
          starting point"; "hands in the starting position"
       n : a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got
           his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the
           hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he
           was one of their best linemen" [syn: {start}]

















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