adv. & prep. See Again. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Agencies [ agentia, fr. L. agens, agentis: cf. F. agence. See Agent. ] 1. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality. [ 1913 Webster ]

The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The place of business of an agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An organization or business that provides some service, primarily for other organizations; as, an advertising agency. [ PJC ]

5. 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). [ PJC ]

Syn. -- Action; operation; efficiency; management. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Agendum. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
Syn. -- docket, schedule [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. A list of matters to be discussed (as at a meeting).
Syn. -- agendum, docket, order of business [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. 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. [ PJC ]

‖n.; pl. Agenda [ L., neut. of the gerundive of agere to act. ] 1. Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book; also, a list of items to be considered. See agenda. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [ In this sense, usually Agenda. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Agensis. ] (Physiol.) Characterized by sterility; infecund. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; birth. ] (Physiol.) Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; an engendering. ] (Physiol.) Impotence; sterility. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect, such as a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Biochem., Med.) a chemical substance having biological effects; a drug. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. agens, agentis, p. pr. of agere to act; akin to Gr. &unr_; to lead, Icel. aka to drive, Skr. aj. √2. ] Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action. [ Archaic ] “The body agent.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]