agist

[ uh-jist ]

verb (used with object)

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

agist

/ 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

Other Words From

• a·gister a·gistor noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of agist¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of agist¹

C14: from Old French agister, from gister to lodge, ultimately from Latin jacēre to lie down