Meanings
present singular third person aggests · participle present aggesting · participle past aggested · past aggested
- obsoletetransitiveTo heap up.
The violence of the waters aggested the earth.
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
Origin
- Latinaggestus
- Englishaggest
From Latin aggestus, past participle of aggerere. See agger.
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