/əˈd͡ʒɪst/
OriginFrom Anglo-Norman agister (“to pasture for a fee”).
- transitiveTo 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.
- transitiveTo charge lands etc. with any public burden.
Formsagists(present, singular, third-person) · agisting(participle, present) · agisted(participle, past) · agisted(past)