Part 249

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

<hw>A"gent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.</def>

<blockquote>Heaven made us <b>agents</b>, free to good or ill. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; <as>as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal <ex>agent</ex>; <as>as, heat is a powerful <ex>agent</ex></as>.</as></def>

<h1>Agential</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*gen"tial</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency.</def>

<i>Fitzed. Hall.</i>

<h1>Agentship</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A"gent*ship</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Agency.</def>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Ageratum</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*ger"a*tum</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a sort of plant; <?/ priv. + <?/ old age.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants, one species of which <spn>(A. Mexicanum)</spn> has lavender-blue flowers in dense clusters.</def>

<h1>Aggeneration</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag*gen`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aggenerare</ets> to beget in addition. See <er>Generate</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of producing in addition.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>T. Stanley.</i>

<h1>Agger</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag"ger</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a mound, fr. <ets>aggerere</ets> to bear to a place, heap up; <ets>ad + gerere</ets> to bear.]</ety> <def>An earthwork; a mound; a raised work.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hearne.</i>

<h1>Aggerate</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag"ger*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aggeratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>aggerare</ets>. See <er>Agger</er>.]</ety> <def>To heap up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Foxe.</i>

<h1>Aggeration</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag`ger*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aggeratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A heaping up; accumulation; <as>as, <ex>aggerations</ex> of sand</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Aggerose</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag`ger*ose"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>In heaps; full of heaps.</def>

<h1>Aggest</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag*gest"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aggestus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>aggerere</ets>. See <er>Agger</er>.]</ety> <def>To heap up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>