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AGENTING
Etymology
Noun
agenting (uncountable)
Working as an agent (one who acts for another).
Anagrams
• negating
Source: Wiktionary
AGENT
A"gent, a. Etym: [L. agens, agentis, p. pr. of agere to act; akin to Gr. aka to drive, Skr. aj.
Definition: Actingpatient, or sustaining, action. [Archaic] "The body agent." Bacon.
A"gent, n.
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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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