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agist

American

[uh-jist] / əˈdʒɪst /

verb (used with object)

to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.

agist British

/ əˈdʒɪst /

verb

to care for and feed (cattle or horses) for payment
to assess and charge (land or its owner) with a public burden, such as a tax

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Other Word Forms

agister noun
agistor noun

Etymology

Origin of agist

1590–1600; < Anglo-French, Middle French agister to give lodgings to, equivalent to a- a- ⁵ + gister to lodge, lie < Germanic; compare Old English giestian to lodge, derivative of giest guest

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The people who think Trump is a sexist, racist, agist, homophobic, xenophobic, nativist bigot are already there.

From New York Times

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