Agent
['eɪdʒ(ə)nt] or ['edʒənt]
Definition
(noun.) an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; 'their research uncovered new disease agents'.
(noun.) a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission.
(noun.) a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations.
(noun.) any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau.
(noun.) a substance that exerts some force or effect.
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Definition
(a.) Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.
(n.) One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
(n.) One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.
(n.) An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.
Editor: Mervin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Actor, doer, operator, performer, executor.[2]. Deputy, attorney, factor, representative, substitute, proxy, go-between, procurator, middleman, commissioner, vicegerent.[3]. Hand, employ?
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Doer, performer, actor, force, means, instrument, influence, cause, promoter,operator
ANT:Counteragent, counteractor, counteraction, opponent, neutralizer
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Definition
n. a person or thing that acts or exerts power: any natural force acting on matter: one authorised or delegated to transact business for another.—n. Ag′ency the office or business operation or action of an agent; instrumentality.—Law agent a general term in Scotland including Writers to the Signet Solicitors to the Supreme Court and Procurators in the sheriff courts—the requirements are an indentured apprenticeship of five years to a law agent the passing of examinations in general knowledge and in law and formal admission by the Court of Session.
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Examples
- One of these compounds, namely, chloride of lime, is the almost universal bleaching agent of commerce. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It may be an admirable agent of reform, but it has ceased to be a church. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As boracic acid is but slightly soluble in water and other common solvents this combination with glycerine--which is also a useful agent in arresting the growth of germs--is peculiarly valuable. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- In spite of his resolute assumption of composure, he was getting anxious for the agent's arrival. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Man must learn to know himself; he must see his station among created things; he must become a moral agent. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The harmless nature of sulphurous acid makes it very desirable as a bleaching agent, especially in the home. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I left the agent with my mind relieved from all present fear of the Count's escaping me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- While soap is, generally speaking, the best cleansing agent, there are occasions when other substances can be used to better advantage. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The liquid extinguishing agent has seen little change since 1907. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But personal service, by clerk or agent, in these cases, you know, Mr. Pickwick--nothing like caution, sir, in all legal forms--eh? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- As a cleansing agent it is valueless. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The burning logs gave warmth to the cabin and served as a primitive cooking agent; and the smoke which usually accompanies burning bodies was carried away by means of the chimney. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Deliver this letter to the agent when you reach Liverpool, and let me advise you, gentlemen, not to be too knowing in the West Indies. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. King acted as agent for an American inventor, Mr. Starr, and the lamp came to be known as the Starr-King lamp, shown in Fig. 50. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The agent may be caught. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Jos's London agents had orders to pay one hundred and twenty pounds yearly to his parents at Fulham. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A part of the second floor is devoted to the storage and the shipping of parts to branches and agents. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I saw these advertisements about harpooners, and high wages, so I went to the shipping agents, and they sent me here. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Arnold Bennett puts forth a rather curious hybrid when he advises us to treat ourselves as free agents and everyone else as an automaton. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In the hands of a skillful physician practically no danger is to be apprehended from the use of either of the two agents. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is not until the speakers and the publicity agents have actually begun to animate it that the country sees what the party is about. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- However, I will write to my agents about the yacht, to Mrs Dengelton and the Rector about their joining us at Athens. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Various other anti-septic agents are used and combined in different ways, according to the results of experiments. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- His plan was to create a national telephone system, and so he confined each of his agents to one place, and reserved all rights to connect one city with another. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Do you think, if I instruct my agents about the yacht, and write to Mrs Dengelton and the Rector, that they will come out to Athens? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But his agents are numerous and splendidly organized. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Through all the agents that make and popularize thought must come a bent of mind interested in invention and freed from the authority of ideas. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He had told Mr Rugg that he knew what lawyers and agents were, and that he would not submit to imposition. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Those agents were not always able to replenish the coffers of their employers so fast as they were emptied. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If in addition to this the casks are washed out with an aqueous solution of the acid it will prove of great service, and all other agents at present used for this purpose will soon be abandoned. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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