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   Agent , a. [L. agens, agentis, p. pr. of agere to act; akin to Gr.  to lead, Icel. aka to drive, Skr. aj. √2.] Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action. [Archaic] “The body agent.”  
   Bacon.
   
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   Agent, n.
   One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
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   Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill.
   Dryden.
   
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   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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   An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect, such as a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.
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   (Biochem., Med.) a chemical substance having biological effects; a drug.
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