A-ġĭst', v. t.

v. t. [L. Lat. agistare, adgistare, O. Fr. gister, to assign a lodging, from giste, abode, lodging, N. Fr. gite, L. Lat. gistum (equiv. to Lat. jacitum); O. Fr. gist, gis (equiv. to Lat. jacitus), p. p. of gésir, Pr. jazer, Lat. jacēre, to lie.] (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.

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