Part 248

<hw>A"ged*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of an aged person.</def>

<h1>Agedness</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A"ged*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being aged; oldness.</def>

<blockquote>Custom without truth is but <b>agedness</b> of error. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ageless</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Age"less</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without old age limits of duration; <as>as, fountains of <ex>ageless</ex> youth</as>.</def>

<h1>Agen</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*gen"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & prep.</tt> <def>See <er>Again</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Agency</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A"gen*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Agencies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[<ets>agentia</ets>, fr. L. <ets>agens</ets>, <ets>agentis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>agence</ets>. See <er>Agent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.</def>

<blockquote>The superintendence and <b>agency</b> of Providence in the natural world. <i>Woodward.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The place of business of am agent.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Action; operation; efficiency; management.</syn>

<h1>Agend</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A"gend</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Agendum</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Agendum</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*gen"dum</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Agenda</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., neut. of the gerundive of <ets>agere</ets> to act.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Something to be done; in the <pluf>pl.</pluf>, a memorandum book.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually <i>Agenda</i>.]</def>

<h1>Agenesic</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag`e*nes"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Agensis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Characterized by sterility; infecund.</def>

<h1>Agenesis</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*gen"e*sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ birth.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization.</def>

<h1>Agennesis</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag`en*ne"sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ an engendering.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Impotence; sterility.</def>

<h1>Agent</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A"gent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>agens</ets>, <ets>agentis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>agere</ets> to act; akin to Gr. <?/ to lead, Icel. <ets>aka</ets> to drive, Skr. <ets>aj</ets>. <?/.]</ety> <def>Acting<?/ -- opposed to <i>patient</i>, or sustaining, action.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> "The body <i>agent</i>."

<i>Bacon.</i>