agist

American  

[uh-jist] / əˈdʒɪst /

verb (used with object)

1. to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.

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agist British  

/ əˈdʒɪst /

verb

1. to care for and feed (cattle or horses) for payment

2. 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

Example Sentences

Hippoph′agist, an eater of horseflesh.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

Mycol′ogist; Mycol′ogy, the science treating of the fungi or mushrooms; Mycoph′agist; Mycoph′agy, the eating of fungi; My′cose, a kind of sugar obtained from certain lichens and fungi, as ergot of rye—also Trehalose; Mycō′sis, the presence of fungus growth within the body.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

Galac′tagogue, a medicine which promotes the secretion of milk; Galac′tia, a morbid flow or deficiency of milk; Galac′tin, lactose; Galactom′eter, an instrument for finding the quality of milk by indicating its specific gravity; Galactoph′agist, one who lives on milk.—adjs.

From Project Gutenberg

Agist, a-jist′, v.t. to take in the cattle of others to graze for a certain sum: to charge lands or the like with any public burden.—ns.

From Project Gutenberg

Agist′ment, the action of agisting: the price paid for cattle pasturing on the land: a burden or tax; Agist′or, Agist′er, an officer who takes charge of cattle agisted.

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