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Webster 1913 Edition
Agist
A-gist′
,Verb.
T.
[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[GREEK]re
to lie: cf. LL. agistare
, adgistare
. See Gist
.] (Law)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Agist
AGIST'
,Verb.
T.
In law, to take the cattle of others to graze, at a certain sum; to feed or pasture the cattle of others; used originally for the feeding of cattle in the king's forest.
Definition 2024
agist
agist
English
Verb
agist (third-person singular simple present agists, present participle agisting, simple past and past participle agisted)
- 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.