Obs. Forms: Inf. 1 a-get-an. Pa. pple. 1 ageted, 3 ? aget, ageet, 5 agetted. [f. A- pref. 1 intens. + GET.] To get hold of, seize.
937. O. E. Chron. Ðær læʓ secʓ mæniʓ gárum ageted.
c. 1315. Shoreham, 119. Tho that mayde was y-gret And wyth a present wel a-geet Fram vader oure of hevene.
1490. Caxton, Eneydos, xv. 57. A stronge wynde … agetted theym in suche a wyse that they were lyfte vp on hyghe fro the grounde.
