Agist

//əˈd͡ʒɪst// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

Etymology

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

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