Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 34
Age (n.) A great period in the history of the Earth.
Note: The geologic ages are as follows: 1. The Arch[ae]an, including the time when was no life and the time of the earliest and simplest forms of life. 2. The age of Invertebrates, or the Silurian, when the life on the globe consisted distinctively of invertebrates. 3. The age of Fishes, or the Devonian, when fishes were the dominant race. 4. The age of Coal Plants, or Acrogens, or the Carboniferous age. 5. The Mesozoic or Secondary age, or age of Reptiles, when reptiles prevailed in great numbers and of vast size. 6. The Tertiary age, or age of Mammals, when the mammalia, or quadrupeds, abounded, and were the dominant race. 7. The Quaternary age, or age of Man, or the modern era. -- Dana.
Age (n.) A century; the period of one hundred years.
Fleury . . . apologizes for these five ages. -- Hallam.
Age (n.) The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation. "Ages yet unborn." -- Pope.
The way which the age follows. -- J. H. Newman.
Lo! where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age. -- C. Sprague.
Age (n.) A long time. [Colloq.] "He made minutes an age." -- Tennyson.
Age (n.) (Poker) The right belonging to the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
{Age of a tide}, The time from the origin of a tide in the South Pacific Ocean to its arrival at a given place.
{Moon's age}, The time that has elapsed since the last preceding conjunction of the sun and moon.
Note: Age is used to form the first part of many compounds; as, agelasting, age-adorning, age-worn, age-enfeebled, agelong.
Syn: Time; period; generation; date; era; epoch.
Age (n.) A long time.
Age (v. t.) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us.
Aged (imp. & p. p.) of Age.
Aging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Age.
Age (v. i.) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged.
They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age for all that. -- Holland.
I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a light-colored, hair here and there. -- Landor.
Age (n.) How long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age."
Age (n.) An era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age" [syn: {historic period}, {age}].
Age (n.) A time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld" [syn: {age}, {eld}].
Age (n.) A prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years" [syn: {long time}, {age}, {years}].
Age (n.) A late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood" [syn: {old age}, {years}, {age}, {eld}, {geezerhood}].
Age (v.) Begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast."
Age (v.) Grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day -- what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce" [syn: {senesce}, {age}, {get on}, {mature}, {maturate}].
Age (v.) Make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously" [ant: {rejuvenate}].
AGE, () Adobe Graphics Engine (Adobe).
Age, () Used to denote the period of a man's life (Gen. 47:28), the maturity of life (John 9:21), the latter end of life (Job 11:17), a generation of the human race (Job 8:8), and an indefinite period (Eph. 2:7; 3:5, 21; Col. 1:26). Respect to be shown to the aged (Lev. 19:32). It is a blessing to communities when they have old men among them (Isa. 65:20; Zech. 8:4). The aged supposed to excel in understanding (Job 12:20; 15:10; 32:4, 9; 1 Kings 12:6, 8). A full age the reward of piety (Job 5:26; Gen. 15:15).
AGE, () The time when the law allows persons to do acts which, for want of years, they were prohibited from doing before. See Coop. Justin. 446.
AGE, () For males, before they arrive at fourteen years they are said not to be of discretion; at that age they may consent to marriage and choose a guardian. Twenty-one years is full age for all private purposes, and the may then exercise their rights as citizens by voting for public officers; and are eligible to all offices, unless otherwise provided for in the constitution. At 25, a man may be elected a representative in Congress; at 30, a senator; and at 35, he may be chosen president of the United States.
He is liable to serve in the militia from 18 to 45. inclusive, unless exempted for some particular reason.
AGE, () As to females, at 12, they arrive at years of discretion and may consent to marriage; at 14, they may choose a guardian; and 21, as in males, is fun Age, when they may exercise all the rights which belong to their sex.
AGE, () In England no one can be chosen member of parliament till he has attained 21 years; nor be ordained a priest under the age of 24; nor made a bishop till he has completed his 30th year. The age of serving in the militia is from 16 to 45 years.
AGE, () By the laws of France many provisions are made in respect to age, among which are the following. To be a member of the legislative body, the person must have attained 40 years; 25, to be a judge of a tribunal de remiere instance; 27, to be its president, or to be judge or clerk of a court royale ; 30, to be its president or procurer general; 25, to be a justice of the peace; 30, to be judge of a tribunal of commerce, and 35, to be its president; 25, to be a notary public; 21, to be a testamentary witness; 30, to be a juror. At 16, a minor may devise one half of his, property as if he were a major. A male cannot contract marriage till after the 18th year, nor a female before full 15 years. At 21, both males and females are capable to perform all the act's of civil life. Toull. Dr. Civ. Fr. Liv. 1, Intr. n. 188.
Age, () In the civil law, the age of a man was divided as follows: namely, the infancy of males extended to the full accomplishment of the 14th year; at 14, he entered the age of puberty, and was said to have acquired full puberty at 18 years accomplished, and was major on completing his 25th year. A female was an infant til 7 years; at 12, she entered puberty, and acquired full puberty at 14; she became of fall age on completing her 25th year. Lecons Elem. du Dr. Civ. Rom. 22.
See Com. Dig. Baron and Feme, B 5, Dower, A, 3, Enfant, C 9, 10, 11, D 3, Pleader, 2 G 3, 2 W 22, 2 Y 8; Bac. Ab. Infancy and Age; 2 Vin. Ab. 131; Constitution of the United States; Domat. Lois Civ. tome 1, p. 10; Merlin, Repert. de Jurisp. mot Age; Ayl. Pand. 62; 1 Coke Inst. 78; 1 Bl. Com. 463. See Witness.
AGE, (n.) That period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we have no longer the enterprise to commit.
Aged (a.) 年老的 [R]；舊的；陳的；成熟的； 老人特有的 Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak.
Aged (a.) Belonging to old age. “Aged cramps.” -- Shak.
Aged (a.) Having a certain age; at the age of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.
Aged (a.) Advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen" [syn: {aged}, {elderly}, {older}, {senior}].
Aged (a.) At an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable); "aged rocks".
Aged (a.) Having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age" [syn: {aged(a)}, {of age(p)}].
Aged (a.) Of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well- aged cheeses" [syn: {aged}, {ripened}].
Aged (a.) (Used of tobacco) Aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) [syn: {aged}, {cured}].
Aged (n.) People who are old collectively; "special arrangements were available for the aged" [syn: {aged}, {elderly}] [ant: {young}, {youth}].
Agedly (adv.) In the manner of an aged person.
Agedness (n.) The quality of being aged; oldness.
Custom without truth is but agedness of error. -- Milton.
Agedness (n.) The property characteristic of old age [syn: agedness, senescence].
Ageless (a.) 不會老的；永遠的，永恆的 Without old age limits of duration; as, fountains of ageless youth.
Ageless (a.) Continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" [syn: ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing].
Agen (adv. & prep.) See Again. [Obs.]
Agencies (n. pl. ) of Agency.
Agency (n.) 代辦處，經銷處，代理機構 [C]；專業行政機構，局，署，處，社 [C]；動力，作用 [S] [（+of）] The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.
The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. -- Woodward.
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.
Agency (n.) The place of business of an agent.
Agency (n.) An organization or business that provides some service, primarily for other organizations; as, an advertising agency.
Agency (n.) An administrative division of a government; as, a state welfare agency; a motor vehicle agency; the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Syn: Action; operation; efficiency; management.
Agency (n.) An administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority" [syn: {agency}, {federal agency}, {government agency}, {bureau}, {office}, {authority}].
Agency (n.) A business that serves other businesses.
Agency (n.) The state of being in action or exerting power; "the agency of providence"; "she has free agency".
Agency (n.) The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent [syn: {representation}, {delegacy}, {agency}].
Agency (n.) How a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" [syn: {means}, {agency}, {way}].
Agency, () contracts. An agreement, express, or implied, by which one of the parties, called the principal, confides to the other, denominated the agent, the management of some business; to be transacted in his name, or on his account, and by which the agent assumes to do the business and to render an account of it. As a general rule, whatever a man do by himself, except in virtue of a delegated authority, he may do by an agent. Combee's Case, 9 Co. 75. Hence the maxim qui facit per alium facit per se.
Agency, () When the agency express, it is created either by deed, or in writing not by deed, or verbally without writing. 3 Chit. Com. Law 104; 9 Ves. 250; 11 Mass. Rep. 27; Ib. 97, 288; 1 Binn. R. 450. When the agency is not express, it may be inferred from the relation of the parties and the nature of the employment, without any proof of any express appointment. 1 Wash. R. 19; 16 East, R. 400; 5 Day's R. 556.
Agency, () The agency must be antecedently given, or subsequently adopted; and in the latter case there must be an act of recognition, or an acquiescence in the act of the agent, from which a recognition may be fairly implied. 9 Cranch, 153, 161; 26 Wend. 193, 226; 6 Man. & Gr. 236, 242; 1 Hare & Wall. Sel. Dec. 420; 2 Kent, Com. 478; Paley on Agency; Livermore on Agency.
Agency, () An agency may be dissolved in two ways - 1, by the act of the principal or the agent; 2, by operation of law.
Agency, () The agency may be dissolved by the act of one of the parties. 1st. As a general rule, it may be laid down that the principal has a right to revoke the powers which he has given; but this is subject to some exception, of which the following are examples. When the principal has expressly stipulated that the authority shall be irrevocable, and the agent has an interest in its execution; it is to be observed, however, that although there may be an express agreement not to revoke, yet if the agent has no interest in its execution, and there is no consideration for the agreement, it will be considered a nude pact, and the authority may be revoked. But when an authority or power is coupled with an interest, or when it is given for a valuable consideration, or when it is a part of a security, then, unless there is an express stipulation that it shall be revocable, it cannot be revoked, whether it be expressed on the face of the instrument giving the authority, that it be so, or not. Story on Ag. 477; Smith on Merc. L. 71; 2 Liv. on Ag. 308; Paley on Ag. by Lloyd, 184; 3 Chit. Com. f. 223; 2 Mason's R. 244; Id. 342; 8 Wheat. R. 170; 1 Pet. R. 1; 2 Kent, Com. 643, 3d edit.; Story on Bailm. Sec. 209; 2 Esp. R. 665; 3 Barnw. & Cressw. 842; 10 Barnw. & Cressw. 731; 2 Story, Eq. Jur. Sec. 1041, 1042, 1043.
Agency, () The agency may be determined by the renunciation of the agent. If the renunciation be made after it has been partly executed, the agent by renouncing it, becomes liable for the damages which may thereby be sustained by his principal. Story on Ag. Sec. 478; Story on Bailm. Sec. 436; Jones on Bailm. 101; 4 John r. 84.
Agency, () The agency is revoked by operation of law in the following cases: 1st. When the agency terminates by the expiration of the period, during which it was to exist, and to have effect; as, if an agency be created to endure a year, or till the happening of a contingency, it becomes extinct at the end or on the happening of the contingency.
Agency, () When a change of condition, or of state, produces an incapacity in either party; as, if the principal, being a woman, marry, this would be a revocation, because the power of creating an agent is founded on the right of the principal to do the business himself, and a married woman has no such power. For the same reason, when the principal becomes insane, the agency is ipso facto revoked. 8 Wheat. R. 174, 201 to 204; Story on Ag. Sec. 481; Story on Bailm. Sec. 206. 2 Liv. on Ag. 307. The incapacity of the agent also amounts to a revocation in law, as in case of insanity, and the like, which renders an agent altogether incompetent, but the rule does not reciprocally apply in its full extent. For instance, an infant or a married woman may in some cases be agents, although they cannot act for themselves. Co. Litt. 52a.
Agency, () The death of either principal or agent revokes the agency, unless in cases where the agent has an interest in the thing actually vested in the agent. 8 Wheat. R. 174; Story on Ag. Sec. 486 to 499; 2 Greenl. R. 14, 18; but see 4 W. & S. 282; 1 Hare & Wall. Sel. Dec. 415.
Agency, () The agency is revoked in law, by the extinction of the subject-matter of the agency, or of the principal's power over it, or by the complete execution of the trust. Story on Bailm. Sec. 207, Vide generally, 1 Hare & Wall. Sel. Dec. 384, 422; Pal. on Ag.; Story on Ag.; Liv. on Ag.; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1269-1382.
Agency, MT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Montana
Population (2000): 324
Housing Units (2000): 90
Land area (2000): 8.577370 sq. miles (22.215286 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.007082 sq. miles (0.018342 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.584452 sq. miles (22.233628 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00587
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 48.257148 N, 109.772875 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
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Agency
Agency, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 622
Housing Units (2000): 286
Land area (2000): 0.578829 sq. miles (1.499159 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.578829 sq. miles (1.499159 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00640
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 40.995432 N, 92.307532 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 52530
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Headwords:
Agency, IA
Agency
Agency, MO -- U.S. village in Missouri
Population (2000): 599
Housing Units (2000): 222
Land area (2000): 1.936828 sq. miles (5.016361 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.936828 sq. miles (5.016361 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00298
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.648739 N, 94.744418 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 64401
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Headwords:
Agency, MO
Agency
Agend (n.) See {Agendum}. [Obs.]
Agenda (n. pl. ) of Agendum.
Agendum (n.) 待辦事項，應辦事項；議程，會議事項 Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book; also, a list of items to be considered. See {agenda}.
Agendum (n.) A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually Agenda.]
Agenda (n.) [C] 待議諸事項；議程；日常工作事項 A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
Syn: docket, schedule
Agenda (n.) A list of matters to be discussed (as at a meeting).
Syn: agendum, docket, order of business.
Agenda (n.) A motive or set of goals; as, to have one's own agenda; especially, a secret motive; also called hidden agenda; as, some of the news commentators themselves have an agenda.
Syn: goal, hidden motive, secret motive, hidden agenda.
Agenda (n.) A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to [syn: agenda, docket, schedule].
Agenda (n.) A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) [syn: agenda, agendum, order of business].
Agenda, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 81
Housing Units (2000): 54
Land area (2000): 0.151556 sq. miles (0.392528 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.151556 sq. miles (0.392528 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00475
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.708897 N, 97.432156 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 66930
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Headwords:
Agenda, KS
Agenda
Agenesic (a.) (Physiol.) Characterized by sterility; infecund.
Agenesis (n.) 【生】器官發育不全或缺失；無生育力 Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization.
Agenesis (n.) Imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part [syn: {agenesis}, {agenesia}].
Agennesis (n.) (Physiol.) Impotence; sterility.
Agent (a.) Acting; -- opposed to {patient}, or sustaining, action. [Archaic] "The body agent." -- Bacon.
Agent (n.) One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill. -- Dryden.
Agent (n.) 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.
Agent (n.) 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.
Agent (n.) (Biochem., Med.) A chemical substance having biological effects; a drug.
Agent (n.) An active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents".
Agent (n.) A representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations.
Agent (n.) A substance that exerts some force or effect.
Agent (n.) A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission [syn: agent, factor, broker].
Agent (n.) Any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau [syn: agent, federal agent].
Agent (n.) The semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause [syn: agentive role, agent].
Agent () In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase "intelligent agent" it implies some kind of automatic process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans. (1995-04-09)
Agent, () international law. One who is employed by a prince to manage his private affairs, or, those of his subjects in his name, near a foreign, government. Wolff, Inst. Nat. Sec. 1237.
Agent, () contracts. One who undertakes to manage some affair to be transacted for another, by his authority on account of the latter, who is called the principal, and to render an account of it.
Agent, () There are various descriptions of agents, to whom different appellations are given according to the nature of their employments; as brokers, factors, supercargoes, attorneys, and the like; they are all included in this general term. The authority is created either by deed, by simple writing, by parol, or by mere employment, according to the capacity of the parties, or the nature of the act to be done. It is, therefore, express or implied. Vide Authority.
Agent () It is said to be general or special with reference to its object, i.e., according as it is confined to a single act or is extended to all acts connected with a particular employment.
Agent () With reference to the manner of its execution, it is either limited or unlimited, i. e. the agent is bound by precise instructions, (q.v.) or left to pursue his own discretion. It is the duty of an agent, 1, To perform what he has undertaken in relation to his agency. 2, To use all necessary care. 3, To render an account. Pothier, Tr. du Contrat de Mandat, passim; Paley, Agency, 1 and 2; 1 Livrm. Agency, 2; 1 Suppl. to Ves. Jr. 67, 97, 409; 2 Id. 153, 165, 240; Bac. Abr. Master and Servant, 1; 1 Ves. Jr. R. 317. Vide Smith on Merc. Law, ch. 3, p. 43,. et seq. and the articles Agency, Authority, and Principal.
Agent () Agents are either joint or several. It is a general rule of the common law, that when an authority is given to two or more persons to do an act, and there is no several authority given, all the agents must concur in doing it, in order to bind the principal. 3 Pick. R. 232; 2 Pick. R. 346; 12 Mass. R. 185; Co. Litt. 49 b, 112 b, 113, and Harg. n. 2; Id. 181 b. 6 Pick. R. 198 6 John. R. 39; 5 Barn. & Ald. 628.
Agent () This rule has been so construed that when the authority is given jointly and severally to three person, two cannot properly execute it; it must be done by all or by one only. Co. Litt. 181 b; Com. Dig. Attorney, C 11; but if the authority is so worded that it is apparent, the principal intended to give power to either of them, an execution by two will be valid. Co. Litt. 49 b; Dy. R. 62; 5 Barn. & Ald. 628. This rule applies to private agencies: for, in public agencies an authority executed by a major would be sufficient. 1 Co. Litt. 181b; Com. Dig. Attorney, C 15; Bac. Ab. Authority, C; 1 T. R. 592.
Agent () The rule in commercial transactions however, is very different; and generally when there are several agents each possesses the whole power. For example, on a consignment of goods for sale to two factors, (whether they are partners or not,) each of them is understood to possess the whole power over the goods for the purposes of the consignment. 3 Wils. R. 94, 114; Story on Ag. Sec. 43.
Agent () As to the persons who are capable of becoming agents, it may be observed, that but few persons are excluded from acting as agents, or from exercising authority delegated to them by others. It is not, therefore, requisite that a person be sui juris, or capable of acting in his own right, in order to be qualified to act for others. Infants, femes covert, persons attainted or outlawed, aliens and other persons incompetent for many purposes, may act as agents for others. Co. Litt. 62; Bac. Ab. Authority, B; Com. Dig. Attorney, C 4; Id. Baron and Feme, P 3; 1 Hill, S. Car. R. 271; 4 Wend. 465; 3 Miss. R. 465; 10 John. R. 114; 3 Watts, 39; 2 S. & R. 197; 1 Pet. R. 170.
Agent () But in the case of a married woman, it is to be observed, that she cannot be an agent for another when her husband expressly dissents, particularly when he may be rendered liable for her acts. Persons who have clearly no understanding, as idiots and lunatics cannot be agents for others. Story on Ag. Sec. 7.
Agent () There is another class who, though possessing understanding, are incapable of acting as agents for others; these are persons whose duties and characters are incompatible with their obligations to the principal. For example, a person cannot act as agent in buying for another, goods belonging to himself. Paley on Ag. by Lloyd, 33 to 38; 2 Ves. Jr. 317. 11. An agent has rights which he can enforce, and is, liable to obligations which he must perform. These will be briefly considered:
Agent () The rights to which agents are entitled, arise from obligations due to them by their principals, or by third persons.
Agent () Their rights against their principals are, 1., to receive a just compensation for their services, when faithfully performed, in execution of a lawful agency, unless such services, are entirely gratuitous, or the agreement between the parties repels such a claim; this compensation, usually called a commission, is regulated either by particular agreement, or by the usage of trade, or the presumed intention of the parties. 8 Bing. 65; 1 Caines, 349; 2 Caines, 357. 2. To be reimbursed all their just advances, expenses and disbursements made in the course of their agency, on account of, or for the benefit of their principal; 2 Liverm. on Ag. 11-23; Story on Ag. Sec. 335; Story on Bailm. Sec. 196; Smith on Mer. Law, 56; 6 East, 392; and also to be paid interest upon such advances, whenever from the nature of the business, or the usage of trade, or the particular agreement of the parties, it may be fairly presumed to have been stipulated for, or due to the agent. 7 Wend. 315; 3 Binn. 295; 3 Caines, 226; 3 Camp. 467; 15 East, 223.
Agent () Besides the personal remedies which an agent has to enforce his claims against his principal for his commissions and, advancements, he has a lien upon the property of the principal in his hand. See Lien, and Story on Ag. Sec. 351 to 390.
Agent () The rights of agents against third persons arise, either on contracts made between such third persons and them, or in consequence of torts committed by the latter. 1. The rights of agents against third persons on contracts, are, 1st, when the contract is in writing and made expressly with the agent, and imports to be a contract personally with him, although he may be known to act as an agent; as, for example, when a promissory note is given to the agent as such, for the benefit of his principal, and the promise is to pay the money to the agent, oe nomine. Story on Ag. 393, 394; 8 Mass. 103; see 6 S.& R. 420; 1 Lev. 235; 3 Camp. 320; 5 B.& A. 27. 2d. When the agent is the only known or ostensible principal, and therefore, is in contemplation of law, the real contracting party. Story on Ag. Sec. 226, 270, 399. As, if an agent sell goods of his principal in his own name, as if he were the owner, he is entitled to sue the buyer in his own name; although his principal may also sue. 12 Wend. 413; 5 M.& S. 833. And on the other hand, if he so buy, he may enforce the contract by action. 3d. When, by the usage of trade, the agent is authorized to act as owner, or as a principal contracting party, although his character as agent is known, he may enforce his contract by action. For example, an auctioner, who sells the goods of another may maintain an action for the price, because he has a possession coupled with an interest in the goods, and it is a general rule, that whenever an agent, though known as such, has a special property in the subject-matter of the contract, and not a bare custody, or when he has acquired an interest, or has a lien upon it, he may sue upon the contract. 2 Esp. R. 493; 1 H. Bl. 81, 84; 6 Wheat. 665; 3 Chit. Com. Law, 10; 3 B. & A. 276. But this right to bring an action by agents is subordinate to the rights of the principal, who may, unless in particular cases, where the agent has a lien, or some other vested right, bring a suit himself, and suspend or extinguish the right of the agent. 7 Taunt. 237, 243; 2 Wash. C. C. R. 283. 2. Agents are entitled to actions against third persons for torts committed against them in the course of their agency. 1st. They may maintain actions, of trespass or trover against third persons for any torts or injuries affecting their possession of the goods which they hold as agents. Story on Ag. Sec. 414; 13 East, 135; 9 B. & Cressw. 208; 1 Hen. Bl. 81. 2d. When an agent has been induced by the fraud of a third person to sell or buy goods for his principal, and he has sustained loss, he may maintain an action against such third person for such wrongful act, deceit, or fraud. Story on Ag. Sec. 415.
Agent () Agents are liable for their acts, 1, to their principals; and 2, to third person.
Agent () The liabilities of agents to their principals arise from a violation of their duties and obligations to the principal, by exceeding their authority, by misconduct, or by any negligence or omission, or act by which the principal sustains a loss. 3 B. & Adol. 415; 12 Pick. 328. Agents may become liable for damages and loss under a special contract, contrary to the general usages of trade. They may also become responsible when charging a del credere commission. Story on Ag. Sec. 234.
Agent () Agents become liable to third persons; 1st, on their contract; 1, when the agent, undertakes to do an act for another, and does not possess a sufficient authority from the principal, and that is unknown to the other party, he will be considered as having acted for himself as a principal. 3 B. 9 Adol. 114. 2. When the agent does not disclose his agency, he will be considered as a principal; 2 Ep. R. 667; 15 East, 62; 12 Ves. 352; 16 Martin's R. 530; and, in the case of agents or factors, acting for merchants in a foreign country, they will be considered liable whether they disclose their principal or not, this being the usage of the trade; Paley on Ag. By Lloyd, 248, 373; 1 B.& P. 368; but this presumption may be rebutted by proof of a contrary agreement. 3. The agent will be liable when he expressly, or by implication, incurs a personal responsibility. Story on Ag. Sec. 156-159. 4. When the agent makes a contract as such, and there is no other responsible as principal, to whom resort can be had; as, if a man sign a note as "guardian of AB," an infant; in that case neither the infant nor his property will be liable, and the agent alone will be responsible. 5 Mass. 299; 6 Mass., 58. 2d. Agents become liable to third persons in regard to torts or wrongs done by them in the course of their agency. A distinction has been made, in relation to third persons, between acts of misfeasance and non-feasance: an agent is, liable for the former, under certain circumstances, but not for the latter; he being responsible for his non- feasance only to his principal. Story on Ag. Sec. 309, 310. An agent is liable for misfeasance as to third persons, when, intentionally or ignorantly, he commits a wrong, although authorized by his principal, because no one can lawfully authorize another to commit a wrong upon the rights or property of another. 1 Wils. R. 328; 1 B. & P. 410. 3d. An agent is liable to refund money, when payment to him is void ab initio, so that, the money was never received for the use of his principal, and he is consequently not accountable to the latter for it, if he has not actually paid it over at the time he receives notice of the take. 2 Cowp. 565; 10 Mod. 233; M.& S. 344. But unless "caught with the money in his possession," the agent is not responsible. 2 Moore, 5; 8 Taunt. 136; 9 Bing. 878; 7 B.& C. 111; 1 Cowp. 69; 4 Taunt. 198. This last rule is, however, subject to this qualification, that the money shall have been lawfully received by the agent; for if, in receiving it, the agent was a wrongdoer, he will not be exempted from liability by payment to his principal. 1 Campb. 396; 8 Bing. 424; 1 T. R. 62; 2 Campb. 122; 1 Selw. N. P. 90, n.; 12 M. & W. 688; 6 A.& Ell. N. S. 280; 1 Taunt. 359; 3 Esp. 153. See Diplomatic Agent.
Agent, () practice. An agent is an attorney who transacts the business of another attorney.
Agent, () The agent owes to his principal the unremitted exertions of his skill and ability, and that all his transactions in that character, shall be distinguished by punctuality, honor and integrity. Lee's Dict. of Practice.
Agential (a.) 代理人的；【文】表示動作者或動因的 Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency. -- Fitzed. Hall.
Agential (a.) Of or relating to an agent or agency.
Agentship (n.) Agency. -- Beau. & FL.
Agentship (n.) The position, role, or function of an agent; agency.
Ageratum (n.) 【植】藿香 ；霍香薊屬（學名：Ageratum）是一個菊科之下的屬，約包含了40到60種 [1] 熱帶美洲香草，一年生或多年生皆有。A genus of plants, one species of which ({Ageratum Mexicanum) has lavender-blue flowers in dense clusters.
Ageratum (n.) Rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium [syn: {mistflower}, {mist-flower}, {ageratum}, {Conoclinium coelestinum}, {Eupatorium coelestinum}].
Ageratum (n.) Any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers.
Aggeneration (n.) The act of producing in addition.
Agger (n.) An earthwork; a mound; a raised work.
Aggerate (v. t.) (v. t.) 使聚集；【口】總計達 (v. i.) 聚集 To heap up. [Obs.] -- Foxe.
Aggeration (n.) 聚集，集成 [U]；聚集體，集成體 [C] A heaping up; accumulation; as, aggerations of sand. [R.]
Aggerose (a.) In heaps; full of heaps.
Aggest (v. t.) To heap up. [Obs.]
The violence of the waters aggested the earth. -- Fuller.
Agglomerated (imp. & p. p.) of Agglomerate.
Agglomerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Agglomerate.
Agglomerate (v. t.) 使成團，使成塊，使凝聚 To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
Agglomerate (v. i.) 成團，成塊，凝聚 To collect in a mass.
Agglomerate (a.) 成塊的，凝聚的 Alt. of Agglomerated.
Agglomerated (a.) Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.
Agglomerated (a.) (Bot.) Collected into a rounded head of flowers.
Agglomerate (n.) 團，塊 A collection or mass.
Agglomerate (n.) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.
Agglomerate (a.) Clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated flower head" [syn: {agglomerate}, {agglomerated}, {agglomerative}, {clustered}].
Agglomerate (n.) Volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together.
Agglomerate (n.) A collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: {pile}, {heap}, {mound}, {agglomerate}, {cumulation}, {cumulus}].
Agglomerate (v.) Form into one cluster.
Agglomeration (n.) 結塊；堆；附聚（作用） The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
An excessive agglomeration of turrets. -- Warton.
Agglomeration (n.) State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
Agglomeration (n.) A jumbled collection or mass.
Agglomeration (n.) The act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating.
Agglomeration (n.) A jumbled cluster or mass of usually varied elements. Agglomeration is the noun form of agglomerate, "to gather into a ball or mass," which derives from the past participle of Latin agglomerare, "to mass together; to heap up," from ad- + glomerare, "to form into a ball," from glomus, glomer-, "ball."
Agglomerative (a.) 會凝聚的 Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections.
Agglomerative (a.) Clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated flower head" [syn: {agglomerate}, {agglomerated}, {agglomerative}, {clustered}].
Agglutinant (a.) 黏性的 Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion.
Agglutinant (n.) 黏著劑 Any viscous substance which causes bodies or parts to adhere.
Agglutinated (imp. & p. p.) of Agglutinate.
Agglutinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Agglutinate.
Agglutinate (v. t.) (v. i. & v. t.) （使）黏著，（使）接合；（使）凝集 To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
Agglutinate (a.) 膠著的；凝集的 United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
Agglutinate (a.) (Physiol.) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See {Agglutination}, 2.
Agglutinate (a.) United as if by glue [syn: {agglutinate}, {agglutinative}].
Agglutinate (v.) String together (morphemes in an agglutinating language).
Agglutinate (v.) Clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
Agglutination (n.) 膠合；凝集；黏結 The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
Agglutination (n.) (Physiol.) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See {Agglutinative}, 2.
Agglutination (n.) A clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins).
Agglutination (n.) The building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining.
Agglutination (n.) The coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated [syn: {agglutination}, {agglutinating activity}].
Agglutinative (a.) 黏結的，會膠合的；膠合性的；凝集的 Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.
Syn: polysynthetic, holophrastic.
Agglutinative (a.) (Philol.) Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound.
In agglutinative languages the union of words may be compared to mechanical compounds, in inflective languages to chemical compounds. -- R. Morris.
Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. -- R. Morris.
Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. -- Max M["u]ller.
Agglutinative (a.) Forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning [syn: {agglutinative}, {polysynthetic}].
Agglutinative (a.) United as if by glue [syn: {agglutinate}, {agglutinative}].
Agglutinative language (n.) 黏著語 An agglutinative language is a type of synthetic language with morphology that primarily uses agglutination: words may contain different morphemes to determine their meaning, but each of these morphemes (including stems and affixes) remains in every aspect unchanged after their union, thus resulting in generally more easily deducible word meanings if compared to fusional languages, which allow modifications in either or both the phonetics or spelling of one or more morphemes within a word, usually shortening the word or providing easier pronunciation. Agglutinative languages have generally one grammatical category per affix while fusional languages have multiple. The term was introduced by Wilhelm von Humboldt to classify languages from a morphological point of view. [1] It is derived from the Latin verb agglutinare, which means "to glue together". [2]
Non-agglutinative synthetic languages are fusional languages; morphologically, they combine affixes by "squeezing" them together, drastically changing them in the process, and joining several meanings in a single affix (for example, in the Spanish word comí "I ate", the suffix -í carries the meanings of first person, singular number, past tense, perfective aspect, indicative mood, active voice.) The term agglutinative is sometimes incorrectly used as a synonym for synthetic. Used in this way, the term embraces both fusional languages and inflected languages[clarification needed]. The agglutinative and fusional languages are two ends of a continuum, with various languages falling more toward one or the other end. For example, Japanese is generally agglutinative, but displays fusion in otōto (弟 younger brother), from oto+hito (originally woto+pito), and in its non-affixing verb conjugations. A synthetic language may use morphological agglutination combined with partial usage of fusional features, for example in its case system (e.g., German, Dutch, and Persian).
Agglutinative languages tend to have a high rate of affixes or morphemes per word, and to be very regular, in particular with very few irregular verbs. For example, Japanese has very few irregular verbs – only two are significantly irregular, and there are only about a dozen others with only minor irregularity; Ganda has only one (or two, depending on how "irregular" is defined); while in the Quechua languages, all the ordinary verbs are regular. In Turkish, there is only one irregular noun (su, meaning water), no irregular verbs other than the copular verbs, and two existential particles. Korean has only ten irregular forms of conjugation. Georgian is an exception; it is highly agglutinative (with up to eight morphemes per word), but it has a significant number of irregular verbs with varying degrees of irregularity.
Aggrace (v. t.) To favor; to grace.
Aggrace (n.) Grace; favor.
Aggrandizable (a.) Capable of being aggrandized.
Aggrandization (n.) Aggrandizement.
Aggrandized (imp. & p. p.) of Aggrandize.
Aggrandizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggrandize.
Aggrandize (v. t.) 增加，誇大 To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.
Aggrandize (v. t.) To make great or greater in power, rank, reputation, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc.
His scheme for aggrandizing his son. -- Prescott.
Aggrandize (v. t.) To make appear great or greater; to exalt. -- Lamb.
Syn: To augment; exalt; promote; advance.
Aggrandize (v. i.) (Obsolete) To increase or become great. Aggrandize comes from French agrandir, from Old French, from a-, "to" (from Latin ad-) + grandir, "to grow larger," from Latin grandire, from grandis, "large."
Aggrandize (v. i.) To increase or become great. [Obs.]
Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. -- J. Hall.
Aggrandize (v.) Add details to [syn: {embroider}, {pad}, {lard}, {embellish}, {aggrandize}, {aggrandise}, {blow up}, {dramatize}, {dramatise}].
Aggrandizement (n.) 增大；強化；誇大 The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.
Syn: Augmentation; exaltation; enlargement; advancement; promotion; preferment.
Aggrandizement (n.) The act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal" [syn: {aggrandizement}, {aggrandisement}, {elevation}].
Aggrandizer (n.) 擴大器 One who aggrandizes, or makes great.
Aggrate (a.) To please. [Obs.]
Each one sought his lady to aggrate. -- Spenser.
Aggravated (imp. & p. p.) of Aggravate.
Aggravating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggravate.
Aggravate (v. t.) 加重；增劇；使惡化；【口】激怒；使惱火 To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. [Obs.]
"To aggravate thy store." -- Shak.
Aggravate (v. t.) To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. "To aggravate my woes." -- Pope.
To aggravate the horrors of the scene. -- Prescott.
The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. -- Addison.
Aggravate (v. t.) To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances. -- Paley.
Aggravate (v. t.) To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. [Colloq.]
If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine. -- Richardson (Clarissa).
Syn: To heighten; intensify; increase; magnify; exaggerate; provoke; irritate; exasperate.
Aggravate (v.) Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" [syn: {worsen}, {aggravate}, {exacerbate}, {exasperate}] [ant: {ameliorate}, {amend}, {better}, {improve}, {meliorate}].
Aggravate (v.) Exasperate or irritate [syn: {exacerbate}, {exasperate}, {aggravate}].
Aggravated (a.) （病情、事態等）嚴重化的；加重的；aggravate 的動詞過去式、過去分詞
Aggravated (a.) Made more severe or intense, especially in law; as, aggravated assault.
Syn: intensified.
Aggravated (a.) Incited, especially deliberately, to anger. aggravated by passive resistance.
Syn: provoked.
Aggravated (a.) Made more severe or intense especially in law; "aggravated assault."
Aggravated (a.) Incited, especially deliberately, to anger; "aggravated by passive resistance"; "the provoked animal attacked the child" [syn: {aggravated}, {provoked}].
Aggravating (a.) Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances.
Aggravating (a.) Exasperating; provoking; irritating.
Aggravatingly (adv.) In an aggravating manner.
Aggravation (n.) 更惡化，加厲，惱怒 The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
Aggravation (n.) Exaggerated representation.
Aggravation (n.) An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Aggravation (n.) Provocation; irritation.
Aggravation (n.) An exasperated feeling of annoyance [syn: {aggravation}, {exasperation}].
Aggravation (n.) Unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment [syn: {aggravation}, {irritation}, {provocation}].
Aggravation (n.) Action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care" [syn: {aggravation}, {exacerbation}].
Aggravative (a.) Tending to aggravate.
Aggravative (n.) That which aggravates.
Aggregated (imp. & p. p.) of Aggregate.
Aggregating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggregate.
Aggregate (v. t.) 聚集，集合，合計 To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."
Aggregate (v. t.) To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.
Aggregate (v. t.) To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.
Aggregate (a.) 合計的，集合的，聚合的 Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.
Aggregate (a.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.
Aggregate (a.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
Aggregate (a.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
Aggregate (a.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.