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a⋅gist

  [uh-jist]
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–verb (used with object)
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
Origin:
1590–1600; < AF, MF agister to give lodgings to, equiv. to a- a- 5 + gister to lodge, lie < Gmc; cf. OE giestian to lodge, deriv. of giest guest

Related forms:
a⋅gist⋅er, a⋅gis⋅tor, noun
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