<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf: Our agent in Hong Kong will ship the merchandise.</li><li>a person or thing that acts or has the power to act.</li><li>a natural force or object producing or used for obtaining specific results: Many insects are agents of fertilization.</li><li>an active cause; an efficient cause.</li><li>a person who works for or manages an agency.</li><li>a person who acts in an official capacity for a government or private agency as a guard, detective, or spy: an FBI agent; the secret agents of a foreign power.</li><li>a person responsible for a particular action: Who was the agent of this deed?</li><li>Grammar: a form or construction, usually a noun or noun phrase, denoting an animate being that performs or causes the action expressed by the verb, as the police in "The car was found by the police."</li><li>a representative of a business firm, especially a traveling salesperson; canvasser; solicitor.</li><li>Chemistry: a substance that causes a reaction.</li><li>Pharmacology: a drug or chemical capable of eliciting a biological response.</li><li>Pathology: any microorganism capable of causing disease.</li><li>British: a campaign manager; an election agent.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>acting; exerting power (patient).</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to represent (a person or thing) as an agent; act as an agent for: Who agented that deal?</li><li>to agent a manuscript; Who agented that deal?</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>