Definition of agent

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Agent (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..

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Excipient :: Excipient (n.) An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents.
Inunction :: Inunction (n.) The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed..
Chief :: Chief (n.) The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the work of others; the principal actor or agent..
Law :: Law (n.) In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts..
Chlorine :: Chlorine (n.) One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4..
Monism :: Monism (n.) That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism.
Underling :: Underling (n.) An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow..
Hydrometallurgy :: Hydrometallurgy (n.) The art or process of assaying or reducing ores by means of liquid reagents.
Referendum :: Referendum (n.) A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point.
Subject :: Subject (a.) Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its own operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego. Cf. Object, n., 2..
Lithontriptic :: Lithontriptic (n.) A lithontriptic remedy or agent, as distilled water..
Carbonize :: Carbonize (v. t.) To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.
Facient :: Facient (n.) One who does anything, good or bad; a doer; an agent..
Disinfectant :: Disinfectant (n.) That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine..
Derivative :: Derivative (n.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense).
Accredit :: Accredit (v. t.) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate..
Negotiator :: Negotiator (n.) One who negotiates; a person who treats with others, either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or public compacts..
Incitant :: Incitant (n.) That which incites; an inciting agent or cause; a stimulant.
Attorney :: Attorney (n.) A substitute; a proxy; an agent.
Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen..
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