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   Agast or Aghast , v. t. To affright; to terrify. [Obs.]
   Chaucer. Spenser.
   
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   Aghast , v. t. See Agast, v. t. [Obs.]
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   Aghast , a. & p. p. [OE. agast, agasted, p. p. of agasten to terrify, fr. AS. pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + gæstan to terrify, torment: cf. Goth. usgaisjan to terrify, primitively to fix, to root to the spot with terror; akin to L. haerere to stick fast, cling. See Gaze, Hesitate.] Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
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   Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed,
   Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread.
   Dryden.
   
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   The commissioners read and stood aghast.
   Macaulay.
   
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