instar

¹ American  

[in-stahr] / ˈɪn stɑr /

noun

1. an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.

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instar ² American  

[in-stahr] / ɪnˈstɑr /

verb (used with object)

instarred, instarring

1. to set with or as if with stars.

2. Archaic.

   1. to place as a star.

   2. to make a star of.

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instar British  

/ ˈɪnstɑː /

noun

1. the stage in the development of an insect between any two moults

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Etymology

Origin of instar¹

First recorded in 1890–95; from New Latin, Latin īnstar “counterpart, equivalent”

Origin of instar²

First recorded in 1585–95; in- ¹ + star

Example Sentences

The company’s private equity firm, Instar Asset Management, is also named in the lawsuit.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2023

A wonderful companion book to Sigel’s is journalist Ana Valens’ Tumblr Porn, the first in a series by Instar Books called “Remember the Internet.”

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2021

Instar montium: En tibi iterum, Lector, Munsteri, Telenicis Echo, et cæcum, vt dici solet, insomnium.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard

We who saw the sight were reminded of an incident in the Æneid— Instar montis equum divina Palladis arte Aedificant, sectaque intexunt abiete costas; Votum pro reditu simulant.

From Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth by Skrine, John Huntley

Mortales igitur memores modo vivite læti Instar venturi furis, discrimine nullo Cunctos rapturi passim ditesque inopesque.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis