Agist,
v. t. [OF.
agister;
à (L.
ad) +
gister to assign a lodging, fr.
giste lodging, abode, F.
gîte, LL.
gistum,
gista, fr. L.
jacitum, p. p. of
jacre to lie: cf. LL.
agistare,
adgistare. See
Gist.].
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. Blackstone. [1913 Webster]