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Word: Agist
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘use or allow the use of land for pasture’): from Old French agister, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + gister, from giste ‘lodging’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈdʒɪst
Dialects: British English
Definition:
take in and feed (livestock) for payment
Short Definition:take in and feed livestock for payment
Examples:- the dairy farmer might wish to agist lambs after the cows are housed for the winter
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