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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
startle/ˈstɑːtl/

▶verb cause to feel sudden shock or alarm.

– derivatives
startler noun.

– origin OE steartlian ‘kick, struggle’, from the base of start.

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