agist
/əˈd͡ʒɪst/
agist verb: 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.
Verb
agist (third-person singular simple present agists, present participle agisting, simple past and past participle agisted)
agist meaning in Tamil
agist in Tamil
- கூலிக்காக மேய்ச்சலுக்குக் கொண்டுசெல், தீர்வைவிதி
Forms of agist
| third-person singular present | agists |
|---|---|
| present participle | agisting |
| past participle | agisted |
| past | agisted |
Origin of agist
From Anglo-Norman agister (“to pasture for a fee”).
Words that rhyme with agist
43 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- frist
- insist
- Liszt
- piste
- tryst
- consist
- dismissed
- encyst
- hist
- pissed
- sist
- tier list
- trist
- whist
- wrist
- absist
- atwist
- bist
- cist
- coexist
- contrist
- cyst
- delist
- demist
- desist
- dissed
- dream list
- exist
- fair list
- get one's knickers in a twist
- glissed
- hissed
- is't
- ist
- kissed
- missed
- rankist
- schist
- triste
- unlist
- ventriloquist
- wist
- xyst
Questions about agist
- What does agist mean?
- Agist means 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.
- What is agist in Tamil?
- Agist in Tamil is கூலிக்காக மேய்ச்சலுக்குக் கொண்டுசெல், தீர்வைவிதி. See Agist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is agist?
- Agist is a verb.
- How do you pronounce agist?
- Agist is pronounced /əˈd͡ʒɪst/.
- What is the past tense of agist?
- The past tense of agist is agisted.
Words near agist in the dictionary
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