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n. A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Astringent. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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. Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency. Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Agency. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. argent, fr. L. argentum, silver; akin to Gr. 'a`rgyros silver, 'argo`s, 'argh`s, white, bright, Skr. rajata white, silver, raj to shine, Ir. arg white, milk, airgiod silver, money, and L. arguere to make clear. See Argue. ] 1. Silver, or money. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fig. & Poet.) Whiteness; anything that is white. [ 1913 Webster ]

The polished argent of her breast. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Her.) The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yonder argent fields above. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to silver; resembling, containing, or combined with, silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL.; L. argentum silver + E. aluminium. ] A (patented) alloy of aluminium and silver, with a density of about 2.9. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. An alloy of nickel with copper and zinc; German silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. argentatus silvered. ] (Bot.) Silvery white. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. argentare to silver, fr. argentum silver. See Argent. ] A coating or overlaying with silver. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, silver; -- said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest proportion; as, argentic chloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. argentum silver + -ferous: cf. F. argentifère. ] Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a country in South America, bordering Chile and Bolivia.
Syn. -- the Argentine [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines.
Syn. -- genus Argentina [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Celestial Dian, goddess argentine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. argentin, fr. L. argentum silver. ] 1. (Min.) A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. White metal coated with silver. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic; an Argentinian. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Argentina; in this sense, usually preceded by the. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Argentina or its inhabitants. Argentinian tago
Syn. -- Argentine [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Argentina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a family of small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts.
Syn. -- family Argentinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. argentum silver. ] (Min.) Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like lead. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic compounds; as, argentous chloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. argenterie, fr. argent silver, L. argentum. ] Silver plate or vessels. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bowls of frosted argentry. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. assurgens, p. pr. of assurgere; ad + surgere to rise. ] Ascending; (Bot.) rising obliquely; curving upward. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. astringens, p. pr. of astringere: cf. F. astringent. See Astringe. ] 1. Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

External astringents are called styptics. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an astringent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + L. gens, gentis, tribe. ] (Zool.) Including two tribes or races of men. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + tangent. ] (Geom.) Possessing the property of touching at two points. -- n. A line that touches a curve in two points. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) a compound which forms a chelate with a metal ion. Commonly used chelating agents in laboratory use are EDTA and sodium citrate. Citrate is used as an additive to blood collected in blood banks, to chelate the calcium ions and retard clotting. [ PJC ]

a. [ Pref. circum- + fulgent. ] Shining around or about. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An associate in an act; a coworker. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cogens, p. pr. of cogere to drive together, to force; co- + agere to drive. See Agent, a., and cf. Coact to force, Coagulate, p. a. ] 1. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The cogent force of nature. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted. [ 1913 Webster ]

No better nor more cogent reason. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

Proofs of the most cogent description. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands,
Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands. Cowper.

Syn. -- Forcible; powerful; potent; urgent; strong; persuasive; convincing; conclusive; influential. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincingly; conclusively. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. constringens, p. pr. ] Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. contingens, -entis, p. pr. of contingere to touch on all sides, to happen; con- + tangere to touch: cf. F. contingent. See Tangent, Tact. ] 1. Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual. [ 1913 Webster ]

Weighing so much actual crime against so much contingent advantage. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control. “Uncertain and contingent causes.” Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency. [ 1913 Webster ]

His understanding could almost pierce into future contingents. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the Alps to the border of Flanders, contingents were required . . . 200, 000 men were in arms. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being contingent; fortuitousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. convergent. ] tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging. [ 1913 Webster ]

As many rays of light, as conveniently can be let in, and made convergent. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vast dome of its cathedral . . . directing its convergent curves to heaven. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A joint regent or ruler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. corrigens, p. pr. of corrigere to correct. ] (Med.) A substance added to a medicine to mollify or modify its action. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Drawing together; contracting; -- said of the corrugator. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For co. tangens, an abbrev. of L. complementi tangens. See Tangent. ] (Trig.) The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. detergens, -entis, p. pr. of detergere: cf. F. détergent. ] Cleansing; purging. -- n. A substance which cleanses the skin, as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds, ulcers, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. diligent, L. diligens, -entis, p. pr. of diligere, dilectum, to esteem highly, prefer; di- = dis- + legere to choose. See Legend. ] 1. Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent. [ 1913 Webster ]

The judges shall make diligent inquisition. Deut. xix. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and earnest in application to a subject or pursuit; assiduous; industrious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings. Prov. xxii. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diligent cultivation of elegant literature. Prescott.

Syn. -- Active; assiduous; sedulous; laborious; persevering; attentive; industrious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a diligent manner; not carelessly; not negligently; with industry or assiduity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye diligently keep commandments of the Lord your God. Deut. vi. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]