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Definition of Agent
Agent

Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.

One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.

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.

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.

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Agent Quotations

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.
Henry David Thoreau

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.
William Shakespeare

What we wanted from an agent depended on what he brought in.
Markus Wolf

It's a dream part, running around with guns, being an agent.
Lexa Doig

I see man more as an instrument or an agent more than anything else.
Ben Nicholson

Agent Translations

agent in Danish is agent
agent in Dutch is vertegenwoordiger, dealer, agent
agent in French is agent
agent in German is Agent {m}, Agent {m}, Vertreter {m}
agent in Italian is agente
agent in Latin is procurator
agent in Portuguese is agente
agent in Spanish is represantante, agente
agent in Swedish is agent, ombud

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