agist
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman agister (“to pasture for a fee”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
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.