Find the word definition

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Agast

Agast \A*gast"\ or Aghast \A*ghast"\, v. t. To affright; to terrify. [Obs.]
--Chaucer. Spenser.

Agast

Agast \A*gast"\, p. p. & a. See Aghast.

Wiktionary
agast

a. (alternative spelling of aghast English)

Usage examples of "agast".

I wuz agast at the idee, and to think Alminy should broach it to me, and I give her a piece of my mind that must have lasted her for days and days.

I kan nat love a coward, by my feith, For certes, what so any womman seith, We alle desiren, if it myght bee, To han housbondes hardy, wise, and free, And secree, and no nygard, ne no fool, Ne hym that is agast of every tool, Ne noon avauntour.

And whan he saugh how stille that I lay, He was agast, and wolde han fled his way, Til atte laste out of my swogh I breyde.