agist
Meanings
verb
- To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same.
- To charge lands etc. with any public burden.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman agister (“to pasture for a fee”).
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