Definition of agency

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Agency (n.) The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

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Instrumentally :: Instrumentally (adv.) By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
Agency :: Agency (n.) The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another..
Instrumentalness :: Instrumentalness (n.) Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality..
Dissolution :: Dissolution (n.) Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution.
Procurement :: Procurement (n.) Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
Supernaturalist :: Supernaturalism (n.) The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in the grace which renews and sanctifies men, -- in opposition to the doctrine which denies the agency of any other than physical or natural causes in the case..
Through :: Through (prep.) By means of; by the agency of.
Etherification :: Etherification (n.) The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid..
Superstition :: Superstition (n.) Belief in the direct agency of superior powers in certain extraordinary or singular events, or in magic, omens, prognostics, or the like..
Pyromagnetic :: Pyromagnetic (a.) Acting by the agency of heat and magnetism; as, a pyromagnetic machine for producing electric currents..
Machine :: Machine (n.) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit..
Residency :: Residency (n.) A political agency at a native court in British India, held by an officer styled the Resident; also, a Dutch commercial colony or province in the East Indies..
Instrumentation :: Instrumentation (n.) The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.
Hand :: Hand (n.) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance..
Tetanin :: Tetanin (n.) A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects.
Causality :: Causality (n.) The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect..
Proxy :: Proxy (n.) The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity..
Muriated :: Muriated (a.) Prepared with chloride of silver through the agency of common salt.
Ground :: Ground (n.) The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope..
Divinely :: Divinely (adv.) By the agency or influence of God.
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