Definition of agency

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Agency (n.) The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another..

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Naturalism :: Naturalism (n.) The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligent will..
Self-acting :: Self-acting (a.) Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press..
Hand :: Hand (n.) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance..
Destruction :: Destruction (n.) A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer.
Per :: Per (prep.) Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words..
Causality :: Causality (n.) The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect..
Steam :: Steam (v. i.) To move or travel by the agency of steam.
Pyromorphous :: Pyromorphous (a.) Having the property of crystallizing by the agency of fire.
Supernaturalist :: Supernaturalism (n.) The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in the grace which renews and sanctifies men, -- in opposition to the doctrine which denies the agency of any other than physical or natural causes in the case..
Muriated :: Muriated (a.) Prepared with chloride of silver through the agency of common salt.
Pyocyanin :: Pyocyanin (n.) A blue coloring matter found in the pus from old sores, supposed to be formed through the agency of a species of bacterium (Bacillus pyocyaneus)..
Mean :: Mean (n.) That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument..
Suggest :: Suggest (v. t.) To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects..
Mosaic :: Mosaic (a.) Of or pertaining to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, or established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or institutions..
Destiny :: Destiny (n.) The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual..
Spongelet :: Sponge (v. i.) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven..
Vaporable :: Vaporable (a.) Capable of being converted into vapor by the agency of heat; vaporizable.
Bedevil :: Bedevil (v. t.) To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment..
By :: By (pref.) With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force..
Machine :: Machine (n.) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit..
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