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in⋅star

2[in-stahr]
–verb (used with object), -starred, -star⋅ring.
1. to set with or as if with stars.
2. Archaic.
a. to place as a star.
b. to make a star of.

Origin:
1585–95; in- 1 + star
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in·star 1   (ĭn-stär')   
tr.v.   in·starred, in·star·ring, in·stars
To stud with or as if with stars.
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Main Entry: in·star
Pronunciation: 'in-"stär
Function: noun
: a stage in the life of an arthropod (as an insect) between two successive molts;also : an individual in a specified instar
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instar in·star2 (ĭn'stär')
n.
Any of the successive nymphal stages in the metamorphosis of insects or the stages of larval change by successive molts.

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