Definition of agist

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Agist (v. t.) 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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Agistator :: Agistator (n.) See Agister.
Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted..
Magistery :: Magistery (n.) A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; -- applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions; as, magistery of bismuth..
Worth :: Worth (a.) Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth..
Fuero :: Fuero (n.) A declaration by a magistrate.
Magistrally :: Magistrally (adv.) In a magistral manner.
Gerontes :: Gerontes (n. pl.) Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority..
Revest :: Revest (v. t.) To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority..
Hippophagist :: Hippophagist (n.) One who eats horseflesh.
Defy :: Defy (v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion..
Pensionary :: Pensionary (n.) One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland.
Dictator :: Dictator (n.) One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power..
Agistment :: Agistment (n.) Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests..
Worship :: Worship (a.) Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station..
Magistracies :: Magistracies (pl. ) of Magistrac.
Tribune :: Tribune (n.) An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by the senate and consuls..
Consul :: Consul (n.) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul..
Decemvir :: Decemvir (n.) One of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome.
Hall :: Hall (n.) A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.
Ayuntamiento :: Ayuntamiento (n.) In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen..
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