agent

1. a. Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action. Source: opted

2. n. One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor. Source: opted

3. 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. Source: opted

4. 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. Source: opted

5. n. an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect Source: wordnet

6. n. a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations Source: wordnet

7. n. a substance that exerts some force or effect Source: wordnet

8. n. a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission Source: wordnet

9. n. any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau Source: wordnet

10. n. the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause Source: wordnet

11. Actingpatient, or sustaining, action. [Archaic] "The body agent." Bacon. 1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor. Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill. Dryden. 2. 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. 3. 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. Source: webster

12. Actingpatient, or sustaining, action. [Archaic] "The bodyagent." Bacon. Source: adambom

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