† aˈgasted, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. prec. + -ed.]
Frightened, terrified; fuller form of aghast ppl. a.
| c 1382 Wyclif Luke xxiv. 37 (MS. O. a. 1420) Thei troublid and agasted gessiden hem for to se a spirit [v.r. agast]. 1579 Tomson Calvin's Serm. on Tim. 737/1 Nothing agasted at it. Ibid. 699/1 The torments woulde make vs agasted [printed agashed]. 1583 Stanyhurst Aeneis ii. (Arb.) 59 Then shiuering moothers throgh court doo wander agasted. |