AGENT
\ˈe͡ɪd͡ʒənt], \ˈeɪdʒənt], \ˈeɪ_dʒ_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of AGENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents"
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a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
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any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
By Princeton University
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an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents"
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a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
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any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
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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.
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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.
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Acting; - opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.
By Oddity Software
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One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
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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.
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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.
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Acting; - opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.
By Noah Webster.
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A person authorized to act for and under the direction of another person when dealing with third parties. The person who appoints an agent is called the principal. An agent can enter into binding agreements on the principal's behalf and may even create liability for the principal if the agent causes harm while carrying out his or her duties. See also attorney-in-fact.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Anything which produces an effect upon the organism; especially a remedy of any sort, whether medicinal or not.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Acting.
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An actor; a person or thing that acts, or produces an effect; the means whereby anything is effected; a factor; one who acts for another.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Any power which produces, or tends to produce, an effect on the human body. Morbific agents, (F.) Agens morbifiques, are the causes of disease ;-therapeutical agents, (F.) Agens therapeutiques, the means of treating it.
By Robley Dunglison
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