Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To feed or pasture, as the cattle or horses of others, for a compensation: used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests.
- To rate or charge; impose as a burden, as on land for some specific purpose.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Law) 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To take to
graze orpasture , at a certain sum; used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Unfortunately, this definition of aging widely exists in our healthcare system, where "agist" medicine is, more likely than not, practiced.
Kristen Houghton: Treat the Patient, Not the Age Kristen Houghton 2011
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Unfortunately, this definition of aging widely exists in our healthcare system, where "agist" medicine is, more likely than not, practiced.
Kristen Houghton: Treat the Patient, Not the Age Kristen Houghton 2011
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Unfortunately, this definition of aging widely exists in our healthcare system, where "agist" medicine is, more likely than not, practiced.
Kristen Houghton: Treat the Patient, Not the Age Kristen Houghton 2011
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Unfortunately, this definition of aging widely exists in our healthcare system, where "agist" medicine is, more likely than not, practiced.
Kristen Houghton: Treat the Patient, Not the Age Kristen Houghton 2011
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The real beauty in this primary season is that the party of brotherly love has been exposed as the hateful, power-hungry party of bigots, sexists, agist and racists that it really has been all along. brian
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He may be old but one thing I am not is an agist or a racist for that matter.
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If this kind of political correctness continues, where phrases are misconstrued to make it seem someone has made a racist, agist or sexist remark, I fear all spontaneity will be lost in future interviews and debates.
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I cannot in any case agree with your agist attitudes and I generally find I ` m a bit older than the exciting new Libertarians.
The War of Jenkins R `s Newmania 2007
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The problem arises when Obama literally is agist, publicly.
That McCain-can't-use-email ad. Ann Althouse 2008
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Obama will turn and try to kick MCcain with agist jokes, or something along those lines.
The Wit and Humor of Barack Obama. Ann Althouse 2008
trivet commented on the word agist
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. (Webster 1913)
April 20, 2007
ruzuzu commented on the word agist
The example sentences are interesting--most of them seem to be variations of the word ageist.
January 10, 2011
Logophile77 commented on the word agist
Alternate spelling of ageist
November 3, 2017