agist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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.
  2. To charge lands etc. with any public burden.

Pronunciation

/əˈd͡ʒɪst/

Word forms

agist agists agisting agisted

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman agister (“to pasture for a fee”).

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