agent 
The house in Leadenhall street is nothing more than a 
change for their agentt, factors, and deputies to meet in, 
to take care of their affairs, and to support their interests. 
Burke. 
In the evening arrived . . . one of the three agents of 
the Ohio company, sent to complete the negotiations for 
Western lands. Bancroft, Hist. Const., II. 110. 
3. An official: as, an agent of police. -Agent 
and patient, in law, a person who is both the doer of a 
thing and the party to whom it is done; thus, when a 
person who owes money to another dies and makes the 
creditor his executor, the latter may retain out of the 
estate as much as satisfies his claim, and is thus said to be 
ayent and patient. (Rare.] Agent of truancy, the name 
given to a class of officers or employees serving under the 
local school authorities in several cities of New York State, 
to enforce the provisions of the Compulsory Education 
Act, requiring the attendance of children at school. 
The law [compulsory education] is enforced in the city 
[Ne_w York] by the city superintendent, who has twelve 
assistants known as agent* of truancy. 
Encyc. Brit., XVII. 461. 
Catalytic agent. See catalytic. Crown agent See 
cromi. First agent, an agent not incited by another. 
General agent, an agent whose authority, though it 
may be limited to a particular trade or business, and a par- 
ticular place, is general in respect to extending to all acts 
of a kind ordinarily involved in the matters in question. 
Morbific agent, in wed., a cause of disease. Thera- 
peutic agent, in //<"/., a substance, as for example mor- 
phine, or a form of motion, as heat or electricity, used in 
treating disease. Voluntary or free agent, one who 
may do or not do any action, and has the conscious per- 
ception that his actions result from the exercise of his own 
will. See free. 
agential (a-jen'shal), a. [< ML. agentia, agency, 
< L. agen(t-)s: see agent.'] Pertaining to an 
agent or to an agency. 
agentshipt (a'jent-ship), n. The office of an 
agent ; agency. Beau, and Fl. 
age-prayer (aj'prar), n. [< age + prayer, after 
Law L. cetatis precatio, a plea of age, or cetatem 
precari, plead age, AF. age prier : see age and 
pray.'] In early Eng. lair, a suggestion of non- 
age, made in a real action to which an infant 
was a party, with a request that the proceedings 
be stayed until the infant should come of age. 
Also called plea ofparol demurrer. Stimson. 
ager (a'jer), n. [L., = E. acre, q. v.] In civil 
law, a field; generally, a portion of land in- 
closed by definite boundaries. 
agerasia (aj-e-ra'si-a), n. [NL., Englished age- 
rasy,( Gr. ayr/paaia, eternal youth, < ayqparoc,, ayli- 
paof, ay?ipuf, not growing old: see Ageratum.'] 
A green old age ; freshness and vigor of mind 
and body late in life. [Rare.] 
agerasy (aj'e-ra-si), n. Same as agerasia. 
Ageratum (a'-jer'a-tum), n. [NL. ; also, as L., 
ageraton, < Gr. ayfiparov, an aromatic plant, per- 
haps yarrow or milfoil, Achillea ageratum ; prop, 
neut. of ayijparof, ayi'/paoc,, arfpuf, not growing 
old, undecaying, < a- priv. + yiipac,, old age.] 
A genus of plants, natural order Composite, all 
American and chiefly tropical, nearly allied to 
Eupatorium. A. conyzoidet (A. Mexicamim) is a well- 
known flower-border annual, with dense lavender-blue 
heads, which keep their color long. 
ageusia, ageusia (a -gu' si -a, -sis), n. [NL.] 
Same as ageustia. 
ageustia (a-g_us'ti-a), n. [NL., < Gr. ayswrria, 
a fasting, < ayevarof, fasting, not tasting, < n- 
priv., not, + yevrrrAc., verbal adj. of -yevcadai, 
taste, akin to L. gu.ttus, taste : see gnsfi.] In 
med., a defect or loss of taste, occurring in 
colds and fevers, or arising from nervous dis- 
ease. 
aggatt, . Obsolete spelling of agate 2 . 
aggelationt (aj-e-la'shon), n. [< ML. aggela- 
tio(n-), < L. ad, to, + gelarc, freeze : see con- 
geal.'] Congelation; freezing. Sir T. Browne. 
aggenerationt (a-jen-e-ra'shon), n. [< L. ag- 
generare, adgenerare, beget additionally, < ad, 
to, + generare, beget : see generate.'] The act of 
generating or producing in addition. N. E. D. 
agger (aj'er), n. [L., a pile, heap, mound, dike, 
mole, pier, etc., < aggerere, adgerere. bring to- 
gether, < ad, to, + gerere, carry.] 1. In Bom. 
antiq., an earthwork or any artificial mound or 
rampart, as, in Home, the agger of Servius Tul- 
lius. 2. A Roman road or military way, so 
called because these roads were raised in the 
middle to turn water to the sides. 
aggeratet (aj'e-rat), . t. [< L. aggeratiis, pp. 
ofaggerdre, d'dgerare, form an agger or heap, 
heap up, < agger : see agger. Cf. exaggerate.] 
To heap up. Bailey. 
aggerationt (aj-e-ra'shon), n. [< L. aggera- 
tio(n-), <. aggerare : see aggerate.] A heaping; 
accumulation: as, "aggerations of sand," Kay, 
Diss. of World, v. 1. 
aggerose (aj'e-ros), o. [< L. as if *aggerosus, 
< ngger : see agger.] In heaps ; formed in 
Dana. 
110 
aggestt (a-jesf), c. t. [< L. aggcstus, pp. of 
aggerere, adgerere, bring together: see agger.'] 
To heap up. 
The violence of the waters armeted the earth. 
r'ull-r. Churi-h Hist., Ded. of bk. 0. 
aggett, aggettt, . Obsolete spellings ot agate*. 
agglomerate (a-glom'e-rat), r.; pret. and pp. 
agglomerated, ppr. agglomerating. [< L. ag- 
glomeratus, pp. of agglomerare, adglomerare, 
wind into a ball, < ad, to, + glomerare, wind 
into a ball, < glomiiH (glower-), a ball, akin to 
globus, a ball : see globe . Cf. conglomerate.] I. 
trans. To collect or gather into a mass. 
In one agglomeratnl cluster hung. 
)'"/i.'/, Night Thoughts, ix. 1911. 
There is to an American something richly artificial and 
scenic, as it were, in the way these colossal dwellings are 
packed together in their steep streets, in the depths of 
their little enclosed, agglomerated city. 
ti. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 261. 
H. intrans. To gather, grow, or collect into 
a ball or mass : as, hard, agglomerating salts," 
Thomson, Seasons, Autumn, 1. 766. 
agglomerate (a-glom'e-rat), a. and n. [< L. 
agglomrratus,pp. : see the verb.] I, a. Gathered 
into a ball or mass ; piled together ; specifically, 
in bot., crowded into a dense cluster, but not 
cohering. 
II. n. 1. A fortuitous mass or assemblage 
of things; an agglomeration. 2. In geol., an 
accumulation of materials made up chiefly of 
large blocks "huddled together in a pell-mell 
way, without regard to size, shape, or weight." 
A. H. Green. The term is used almost exclusively with 
reference to volcanic ejections, and is rarely, if ever, em- 
ployed by American authors. See breccia, and conglome- 
rate. 
agglomeratic (a-glom-e-rat'ik), a. Pertaining 
to or having the nature of an agglomerate. 
agglomeration (a-glom-e-ra'shon), n. [< L. 
agglomeratio(n-), < agglomerarr : see agglome- 
rate, .] 1. The act of agglomerating or the 
state of being agglomerated ; the state of gath- 
ering or being gathered into a mass. 
By an undiscerning agglomeration of facte he [Berkeley] 
convinced numbers in his own day, and he has had be- 
lievers in Ireland almost to our day, that tar-water could 
cure all manner of diseases. McCotth, Berkeley, p. 83. 
2. That which is agglomerated ; a collection ; a 
heap ; any mass, assemblage, or cluster formed 
by mere juxtaposition. 
The charming c6teau which . . . faces the town, a 
soft agglomeration of gardens, vineyards, scattered villas, 
gables and turrets of slate-roofed chateaux, terraces with 
gray balustrades, moss-grown walls draped in scarlet Vir- 
ginia creeper. H. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 9. 
agglomerative (a-glom'e-ra-tiv), a. Having a 
tendency to agglomerate or gather together. 
Taylor [is] eminently discursive, accumulative, and (to 
use one of his own words) aiglomerative. 
Coleridge, Poems, etc. (1817), p. 1S9. 
agglutinant (a-glS'ti-nant), a. and . [< L. 
agglutinan(t~)s, ppr. of agglutinare: see agglu- 
tinate, r.] I. a. Uniting as glue; tending to 
cause adhesion. 
Something strengthening and atiylutituint, 
Qrdy, Works (1826), II. 192. 
II. n. Any viscous substance which agglu- 
tinates or unites other substances by causing 
adhesion ; any application which causes bodies 
to adhere together. 
agglutinate (a-glo'ti-nat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
agglutinated, ppr. agglutinating. [< L. aggluti- 
natus, pp. of agglutinare, adglutinare, paste to, 
<ad, to, + glutinare, paste, < gluten, paste, glue: 
see gluten and glue."] To unite or cause to ad- 
here, as with glue or other viscous substance ; 
unite by causing an adhesion. 
agglutinate (a-glo'ti-nat), a. [< L. agglutinatus, 
pp. : see the verb.] United as by glue ; char- 
acterized by adherence or incorporation of dis- 
tinct parts or elements : as, an agglutinate lan- 
guage. (See below.) In dor., grown together: equiva- 
lent to accrete : applied also to fungi that are firmly attached 
to the matrix. Sometimes written adglutinate. Agglu- 
tinate languages, languages exhibiting an inferior de- 
gree of integration in the elements of their words, or of 
unification of words, the suffixes and prefixes retaining a 
certain independence of one another and of the root or 
stem to which they are added : opposed to inflective or 
inflectional languages, in which the separate identity of 
stem and ending is more often fully lost, and the original 
agglutination even comes to be replaced by an internal 
change in the root or stem. But the distinction is of little 
scientific value. Turkish is a favorite example of an ag- 
glutinate tongue. 
agglutinating (a-glo'ti-na-ting), p. a. In 
jiliilol., characterized by agglutination ; agglu- 
tinate (which see). 
The natives [of the southern islands of the Fuegian 
Archipelago] . . . speak an agghittoutting language, cur- 
rent from the middle of Beagle passage to the southern- 
most islands about Cape Horn. Science, III. 168. 
aggrandizement 
agglutination (a-glo-ti-na'shpn), n. [=F. ag- 
i/liitinnHoii :< agglutinate, v.] 1. The act of unit- 
ing by glue or other tenacious substance ; the 
state of being thus united ; adhesion of parts ; 
that which is united ; a mass or group cemented 
together. 2. Inpltilol., tin- condition of being 
agglutinate; the process or result of aggluti- 
nate combination. See agglutinate, a. 
In the Aryan languages the modifications of words, com- 
l>ii-rd under declension and conjugation, were likewise 
originally expressed by agffhtttnatfon. Hut tlir component 
I'art* began soon to coalesce, so as t form one integral 
Kc.nl, IhiMe in its turn to phonetic corruption to such an 
extent that it became impossible after a time to decide 
which was the root and which the modificatory element 
Max Mull,;-. 
Immediate agglutination, in surij., union of the parts 
of a wound by tile first intention (sec int.'ntwn), as distin- 
guished from mediate agglutination, which is secured 
through the interposition of some .sutistanee, as lint, be- 
tween the lips of the wound. 
agglutinationist (a-glo-ti-na'shon-ist), . In 
/Jtilol., an adherent to the theory of agglutina- 
tion. See agglutinate, a. Encyc. Brit., XXI. 272. 
agglutinative (a-glo'ti-na-tiv), a. 1. Tending 
or having power to agglutinate or unite ; hav- 
ing power to cause adhesion: as, an agglutina- 
tive substance. 2. In philol., exhibiting or 
characterized by the formative process known 
as agglutination ; agglutinate (which see): as, 
an agglutinative language. 
Their fundamental common characteristic is that they 
[the Scythian languages] follow what is styled an agglu- 
tinative type of structure. That is to say, the elements out 
of which their words are formed are loosely put together, 
instead of being closely compacted, or fused into one. 
Whitney, Lang, and Study of Lang., p. 316. 
aggracet (a-graV), v. t. [< ag- + grace, v.; sug- 
gested by OF. agracfier, agrachier = It. aggra- 
ziare, formerly aggratiare, < ML. aggratiare, 
show grace to, < L. ad, to, + gratia, grace.] 1. 
To show grace or favor to. Spenser. 2. To 
add grace to, or make graceful. 
And, that which all faire workes doth most aygrace, 
The art, which all that wrought, appeared in no place. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. xii. 68. 
aggracet (a-gras'), n. Kindness; favor. 
So goodly purpose they together fond 
Of kindnesse and of courteous agnrace. 
Spenter, F. Q., II. viii. 66. 
aggrandisable, aggrandisation, etc. See ag- 
grandizable, etc. 
aggrandizable (ag'ran-dl-za-bl), a. [< aggran- 
dize + -able.] Capable of being aggrandized. 
Also spelled aggrandisable. 
aggrandization (a-gran-di-za'shon), n. The 
act of aggrandizing, or the condition or state of 
being aggrandized. Also spelled aggrandisa- 
tion. [Rare.] 
No part of the body will consume by the aifffrandization 
of the other, but all motions will be orderly, and a just 
distribution be to all parts. 
Waterhotue, Fortescue, p. 197. 
aggrandize (ag'ran-diz), v. ; pret. and pp. ag- 
grandized, ppr. aggrandising. [< F. aggrandiss-, 
extended stem of " aggrandir, to greaten, aug- 
ment, enlarge," etc. (Cotgrave), now agrandir= 
It. aggrandire, enlarge, < L. ad, to, + grandire, 
increase, < grandis, large, great : see grand.] 
I. trans. 1. To make great or greater in power, 
wealth, rank, or honor; exalt: as, to aggrandize 
a family. 
The Stoics identified man with God, for the purpose of 
glorifying man the Neoplatonists for the purpose of ag- 
grandizing God. Lecky, Europ. Morals, I. 345. 
2f. To magnify or exaggerate. 
If we trust to fame and reports, these may proceed . . . 
from small matters aggrandized. 
WoUa&tvn, Religion of Nature, 5. 
3. To widen in scope ; increase in size or in- 
tensity; enlarge; extend; elevate. 
These furnish us with glorious springs and mediums to 
raise and aggrandize our conceptions. 
Watts, Improvement of Mind. 
Covetous death bereaved us all, 
To aggrandize one funeral. 
Emerxon, Threnody. 
= Syn. 1. To honor, dignify, advance, elevate, give lus- 
ter to. 
II. intrans. To grow or become greater. 
[Rare.] 
Follies, continued till old age, do aytirandize and lie- 
come horrid. John Hall, Pref. to Poems. 
Also spelled aggrandise. 
aggrandizement (ag'ran-diz-ment or a-gnin'- 
oiz-ment), n. [< F. "aggrandisement, a grant- 
ing, enlarging, encrease, also preferment, ad- 
vancement" (Cotgrave), now offrantHBSement : 
see aggrandize and -ment.] The act of aggran- 
dizing; the state of being exalted in power, 
rank, or honor; exaltation; enlargement: as, 
the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of 
his own family. Also spelled aggrandisement. 
