agist (third-person singular simple present agists, present participle agisting, simple past and past participle agisted)
(transitive) 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.
(transitive) To charge lands etc. with any public burden.
• gaits, taigs
Source: Wiktionary
A*gist", v. t. Etym: [OF. agister; à (L. ad) + gister to assign a lodging, fr. giste lodging, abode, F. gîte, LL. gistum, gista, fr. L. jacitum, p. p. of jac to lie: cf. LL. agistare, adgistare. See Gist.] (Law)
Definition: 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. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
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