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† aˈgrote, v. Obs.
4–5. Only in pa. pple. agroted, -yed, -eied.
[Origin obscure; perhaps f. a- prefix 1 + grot a particle, or Norse grautr porridge. (Cf. also grout, to fill interstices with mortar.)]
To cram, surfeit, cloy.
c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 2454, I am agrotyed here byforn To wryte of hem that ben on love for-sworn. c1430Lydg. Bochas v. xx. (1554) 136 a, Gorges agroteyed, enbossed their entrayle Disposeth men rather to rest and slepe. |