agist

English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman agister (to pasture for a fee).

Verb

agist (third-person singular simple present agists, present participle agisting, simple past and past participle agisted)

  1. (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.
  2. (transitive) To charge lands etc. with any public burden.

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Anagrams

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