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t. & i. [AGGRESS.] ta-gres-ti-al, a. [AGRESTIC.] 1. Ord. Lang. Living in the fields or open country. 2. Bot . Growing wild in cultivated land. ta-grès-ti-ạn, a. & s. [AGRESTIC.] A. As adj .: Rustic, rural; characteristic of the country. B. As subst. A rustic; a countryman. ta-grěs-tic, tạ-grès-ti-cal, a. [Lat. agrestis , fr. ager a field.] Pertaining to the fields, pertaining to the country, as opposed to the town; rural: hence, rustic, unpolished. ( Johnson .) *a-grēt, a . or adv . [A.S. grot an = to weep, to cry out = greotan = to lament; Scotch, to greet to weep, to cry.] Sorrowful, in sorrow. "And gif ye hold no agret Shall I never it meet." Sir Degrevant , 1,769. * a-grethed, * a-grei'thed, pa . par . & a. [O. Icel. greidha ; Mid. Eng, greithan , graithen = to prepare or make ready.] Dre ed, prepared, made ready, trimmed, or ornamented. "Clothed ful komly, for ani kud kinges sone, In gode clothes of gold, agrethed ful riche With perrey and pellure, pertelyche to the right tes." William of Palerne (Skeat's ed.), 51-3. "Al that real aray reken schold men neuer, Ne purueaunce that prest was to pepul agreithed." Ibid . , 1,597-8.