agast

t. [For etym. see AGHAST.] Το terrify, to appall "In every place the ugsyme sights I saw; The silence selfe of night agast my sprite." Surrey : Virgile , bk. 11. *a-ga'te, adv . [Etym. doubtful; prob. connected with A.S. gan to go, and Eng. gait (q.v.). In Scotch and in North of Eng. dialect gaed is went, and gate is way. Probably aon; gate = going. Icel. gat a = a way, road; A.S. geat , gat = a gate, way. On-going.] On the way, a-going. [GAIT.] "Is it his ' motus trepidation is ' that makes him stammer? I pray you, Memory, set him agate again." -Brewer: Lingua , iii. 6.