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a·gist

   [uh-jist]
verb (used with object)
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Anglo-French, Middle French agister to give lodgings to, equivalent to a- a-5 + gister to lodge, lie < Germanic; compare Old English giestian to lodge, derivative of giest guest

Related forms
a·gist·er, a·gis·tor, noun
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ageism or agism (ˈeɪdʒɪzəm)
 
—n
discrimination against people on the grounds of age; specifically, discrimination against the elderly
 
agism or agism
 
—n
 
'ageist or agism
 
—adj
 
'agist or agism
 
—adj

agist (əˈdʒɪst)
 
—vb
1.  to care for and feed (cattle or horses) for payment
2.  to assess and charge (land or its owner) with a public burden, such as a tax
 
[C14: from Old French agister, from gister to lodge, ultimately from Latin jacēre to lie down]

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