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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Agast, v. [e.ME. agasten (c 1200), agesten (OE. gǽstan to afflict, etc.). In Sc. use prob. after Chaucer.] tr. To fill with fright or terror; to terrify. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxii. 34.
His girnand gamis hir nocht agast 1513 Doug. iv. vi. 146.
Oft his feirfull ymage doith me agast
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