Part 254

<h1>Aghast</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>A*ghast"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a & p. p.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>agast</ets>, <ets>agasted</ets>, p. p. of <ets>agasten</ets> to terrify, fr. AS. pref. <ets>\'be-</ets> (cf. Goth. <ets>us-</ets>, G. <ets>er-</ets>, orig. meaning <ets>out</ets>) + <ets>g<?/stan</ets> to terrify, torment: cf. Goth. <ets>usgaisjan</ets> to terrify, primitively to fix, to root to the spot with terror; akin to L. <ets>haerere</ets> to stick fast, cling. See <er>Gaze</er>, <er>Hesitate</er>.]</ety> <def>Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.</def>

<blockquote><b>Aghast</b> he waked; and, starting from his bed, Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The commissioners read and stood <b>aghast</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Agible</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>Ag"i*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>agibilis</ets>, fr. L. <ets>agere</ets> to move, do.]</ety> <def>Possible to be done; practicable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Fit for <i>agible</i> things."

<i>Sir A. Sherley.</i>

<h1>Agile</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>Ag"ile</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>agile</ets>, L. <ets>agilis</ets>, fr. <ets>agere</ets> to move. See <er>Agent</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; <as>as, an <ex>agile</ex> boy; an <ex>agile</ex> tongue.</as></def>

<blockquote>Shaking it with <b>agile</b> hand. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Active; alert; nimble; brisk; lively; quick.</syn>

<h1>Agilely</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>Ag"ile*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an agile manner; nimbly.</def>

<h1>Agileness</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>Ag"ile*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Agility; nimbleness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Agility</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>A*gil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>agili\'82</ets>, L. <ets>agilitas</ets>, fr. <ets>agilis</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; <as>as, strength and <ex>agility</ex> of body</as>.</def>

<blockquote>They . . . trust to the <b>agility</b> of their wit. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Wheeling with the <b>agility</b> of a hawk. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Activity; powerful agency.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>agility</b> of the sun's fiery heat. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Agio</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>Ag"i*o</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Agios</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[It. <ets>aggio</ets> exchange, discount, premium, the same word as <ets>agio</ets> ease. See Ease.]</ety> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called <i>agio</i>.</def>

<h1>Agiotage</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>Ag"i*o*tage</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>agiotage</ets>, fr. <ets>agioter</ets> to practice stockjobbing, fr. <ets>agio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds.</def>

<blockquote>Vanity and <b>agiotage</b> are to a Parisian the oxygen and hydrogen of life. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Agist</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>A*gist"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>agister</ets>; <ets>\'85</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>gister</ets> to assign a lodging, fr. <ets>giste</ets> lodging, abode, F. <ets>g\'8cte</ets>, LL. <ets>gistum</ets>, <ets>gista</ets>, fr. L. <ets>jacitum</ets>, p. p. of <ets>jac<?/re</ets> to lie: cf. LL. <ets>agistare</ets>, <ets>adgistare</ets>. See <er>Gist</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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.</def>