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–noun

1.	a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf: Our agent in Hong Kong will ship the merchandise. A best-selling author needs a good agent.

2.	a person or thing that acts or has the power to act.

3.	a natural force or object producing or used for obtaining specific results: Many insects are agents of fertilization.

4.	an active cause; an efficient cause.

5.	a person who works for or manages an agency.

6.	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.

7.	a person responsible for a particular action: Who was the agent of this deed?

8.	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.

9.	Indian agent.

10.	a representative of a business firm, esp. a traveling salesperson; canvasser; solicitor.

11.	Chemistry. a substance that causes a reaction.

12.	Pharmacology. a drug or chemical capable of eliciting a biological response.

13.	Pathology. any microorganism capable of causing disease.

14.	British. a campaign manager; an election agent.

–adjective

15.	acting; exerting power (opposed to patient).

–verb (used with object)

16.	to represent (a person or thing) as an agent; act as an agent for: to agent a manuscript; Who agented that deal?

[Origin: 1570–80; < L agent- (s. of agéns (prp.) doing), equiv. to ag- (root of agere to do) + -ent- -ent

]

—Synonyms 1. representative, deputy. 3. means.

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a·gent Audio Help (ā'jənt) Pronunciation Key
n.

One that acts or has the power or authority to act.
One empowered to act for or represent another: an author's agent; an insurance agent.
A means by which something is done or caused; instrument.
A force or substance that causes a change: a chemical agent; an infectious agent.
A representative or official of a government or administrative department of a government: an FBI agent.
A spy.
Linguistics The noun or noun phrase that specifies the person through whom or the means by which an action is effected.

v.   a·gent·ed, a·gent·ing, a·gents

v.   tr.
To act as an agent or representative for: Who will agent your next book?

v.   intr.
To act as an agent or representative.

[Middle English, from Latin agēns, agent-, present participle of agere, to do; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]

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agent

1471, "one who acts," from L. agentem (nom. agens, gen. agentis), prp. of agere "to set in motion, drive, lead, conduct" (see act). Meaning "any natural force or substance which produces a phenomenon" is first recorded 1579.

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agent
noun
1.	an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents"
2.	a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
3.	a substance that exerts some force or effect
4.	a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
5.	any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
6.	the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause [syn: agentive role]

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agent1 [ˈeidʒənt] noun

a person or thing that acts
Example: detergents and other cleaning agents

Arabic:	عَامِل, *عَوَامِل
Chinese (Simplified):	（发生作用）的人或事
Chinese (Traditional):	(發生作用)的人或事
Czech:	činitel, prostředek
Danish:	agent; (rengørings-)middel
Dutch:	agens, middel
Estonian:	vahend, tegija
Finnish:	aine, suorittaja
French:	agent, *-ente
German:	der,die Handelnde(r);das Mittel
Greek:	παράγοντας
Hungarian:	szer
Icelandic:	orsakavaldur; virkt efni
Indonesian:	agen, zat
Italian:	agente

Japanese:	行為者, 作用物
Korean:	작용물
Latvian:	spēks; līdzeklis
Lithuanian:	medžiaga, įrankis
Norwegian:	(virke)middel
Polish:	działacz czynnik, środek
Portuguese (Brazil):	agente
Portuguese (Portugal):	agente
Romanian:	agent
Russian:	агент; средство
Slovak:	činiteľ, činidlo
Slovenian:	povzročitelj; čistilno sredstvo
Spanish:	agente
Swedish:	handlande person, medel
Turkish:	temsilci, araç, vasıta

agent2 [ˈeidʒənt] noun

a person who acts for someone in business etc
Example: our agent in London; a theatrical agent

Arabic:	وَكِيل, *عَمِيل
Chinese (Simplified):	代理商
Chinese (Traditional):	代理商
Czech:	agent, zástupce
Danish:	agent; repræsentant
Dutch:	agent
Estonian:	esindaja, agent
Finnish:	agentti, edustaja
French:	représentant, *-ante
German:	der, die Vertreter(in); der, die Agent(in)
Greek:	πράκτορας
Hungarian:	ügynök, képviselő
Icelandic:	umboðsmaður
Indonesian:	wakil
Italian:	agente

Japanese:	代理人
Korean:	대리인
Latvian:	aģents; pārstāvis
Lithuanian:	agentas, atstovas
Norwegian:	agent, representant
Polish:	agent, przedstawiciel
Portuguese (Brazil):	agente
Portuguese (Portugal):	agente
Romanian:	agent secret, spion
Russian:	представитель; агент
Slovak:	zástupca, agent
Slovenian:	predstavnik
Spanish:	agente
Swedish:	agent, ombud
Turkish:	temsilci acenta

agent3 [ˈeidʒənt] noun

(especially secret agent) a spy
Example: an agent for the Russians

Arabic:	عَمِيل
Chinese (Simplified):	特务
Chinese (Traditional):	特務
Czech:	tajný agent
Danish:	spion; agent
Dutch:	agent
Estonian:	agent
Finnish:	agentti
French:	agent, *-ente
German:	der, *die Agent(in)
Greek:	μυστικός πράκτορας
Hungarian:	ügynök, kém
Icelandic:	njósnari
Indonesian:	agen rahasia
Italian:	agente

Japanese:	スパイ
Korean:	스파이
Latvian:	aģents
Lithuanian:	agentas
Norwegian:	spion, agent
Polish:	agent
Portuguese (Brazil):	agente
Portuguese (Portugal):	agente
Romanian:	agent
Russian:	агент
Slovak:	agent
Slovenian:	(tajni) agent
Spanish:	agente
Swedish:	hemlig agent
Turkish:	casus

See also: by/through the agency of, agency

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A substance that can bring about a chemical reaction or a biological effect. Compare reagent.

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a·gent (jnt)
n.

A force or substance, such as a chemical, that causes a change.

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Main Entry: agent
Pronunciation: 'A-j&nt
Function: noun
1 : something that produces or is capable of producing an effect
2 : a chemically, physically, or biologically active principle —see OXIDIZING AGENT, REDUCING AGENT

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Agent

1. An individual or firm that places securities transactions for clients.

2. A person licensed by a state to sell insurance.

3. A securities salesperson who represents a broker-dealer or issuer when selling or trying to sell securities to the investing public.

Investopedia Commentary

Essentially, this is the person who makes a transaction on behalf of their employer or client.

See also: Analyst, Broker, Broker-dealer, Principal

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agent

An individual or organization that acts on behalf of and is subject to the control of another party. For example, in executing an order to buy or sell a security, a broker is acting as a customer's agent.

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Main Entry: agent
Function: noun
1 : someone or something that acts or exerts power : a moving force in achieving some result
2 : a person guided or instigated by another in some action <where the heads of departments are the political…agents of the executive, merely to execute the will of the president —Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803)> —see also INNOCENT AGENT
3 a : a person or entity (as an employee or independent contractor) authorized to act on behalf of and under the control of another in dealing with third parties —see also AGENCY 2, FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP, SUBAGENT —compare FIDUCIARY, PRINCIPAL, SERVANT

apparent agent
: an agent acting under an agency by estoppel

bar·gain·ing agent
: a labor union that represents the employees in a bargaining unit in negotiating with their employer through collective bargaining

business agent
: an agent that handles business affairs for another person or organization; especially : a paid official of a union who carries on union business between the employees and the employer

collective bargaining agent
: BARGAINING AGENT in this entry

del cre·de·re agent
: an agent that guarantees to his or her principal that third parties involved in the transaction will pay or perform

exclusive agent
: an agent acting under an exclusive agency

general agent
: an agent acting under a general agency

legislative agent
: an agent (as for an interest group) that lobbies a legislature esp. professionally

managing agent
: an agent or employee of a corporation or other business entity who has a position that involves the use of judgment and discretion and who is considered under the law as capable of accepting service of process and answering questions under cross-examination on behalf of the business entity

ostensible agent
: an agent acting under an agency by estoppel

special agent
: an agent authorized to do one or more specific acts under particular instructions or within restrictions implied by the nature of the authorized acts : an agent acting under a special agency —compare GENERAL AGENT in this entry

transfer agent
: an officer, bank, or trust company that acts on behalf of a publicly held corporation in handling the transfer of stock and other securities and keeping records of the owners

universal agent
: an agent acting under a general agency b : a representative of a corporation designated to accept service of process on behalf of the corporation usually as required by statute c : a person or organization that finds buyers or tenants for real estate owners usually for a commission d : an independent sales or service representative of an insurance company —compare BROKER
4 a : a representative, emissary, or official of a government <a diplomatic agent> b : an employee of a government agency usually that is involved in law enforcement <seized by DEA agents>

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agent networking
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.
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Act\ ([a^]kt), n. [L. actus, fr. agere to drive, do: cf. F. acte. See Agent.]

1. That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. --Wordsworth. Hence, in specific uses: (a) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress. (b) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done. --Abbott. (c) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed. (d) A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.

2. A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence. [Obs.]

The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be. --Hooker.

3. Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing). "In act to shoot." --Dryden.

This woman was taken . . . in the very act. --John viii. 4.

Act of attainder. (Law) See Attainder.

Act of bankruptcy (Law), an act of a debtor which renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt.

Act of faith. (Ch. Hist.) See Auto-da-F['e].

Act of God (Law), an inevitable accident; such extraordinary interruption of the usual course of events as is not to be looked for in advance, and against which ordinary prudence could not guard.

Act of grace, an expression often used to designate an act declaring pardon or amnesty to numerous offenders, as at the beginning of a new reign.

Act of indemnity, a statute passed for the protection of those who have committed some illegal act subjecting them to penalties. --Abbott.

Act in pais, a thing done out of court (anciently, in the country), and not a matter of record.

Syn: See Action.

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A"gen*cy\, 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.

The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. --Woodward.

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.

3. The place of business of am agent.

Syn: Action; operation; efficiency; management.

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A"gent\, a. [L. agens, agentis, p. pr. of agere to act; akin to Gr. ? to lead, Icel. aka to drive, Skr. aj. [root]2.] Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action. [Archaic] "The body agent." --Bacon.

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A"gent\, n. 1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.

Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill. --Dryden.

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.

3. 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.

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Ag"ile\, a. [F. agile, L. agilis, fr. agere to move. See Agent.] Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.

Shaking it with agile hand. --Cowper.

Syn: Active; alert; nimble; brisk; lively; quick.

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Ag"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Agitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Agitating.] [L. agitatus, p. p. of agitare to put in motion, fr. agere to move: cf. F. agiter. See Act, Agent.]

1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." --Cowper.

2. To move or actuate. [R.] --Thomson.

3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.

The mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson.

4. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle.

5. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.

Syn: To move; shake; excite; rouse; disturb; distract; revolve; discuss; debate; canvass.

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Ax"i*om\, n. [L. axioma, Gr. ? that which is thought worthy, that which is assumed, a basis of demonstration, a principle, fr. ? to think worthy, fr. ? worthy, weighing as much as; cf. ? to lead, drive, also to weigh so much: cf F. axiome. See Agent, a.]

1. (Logic & Math.) A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can make it plainer; a proposition which it is necessary to take for granted; as, "The whole is greater than a part;" "A thing can not, at the same time, be and not be."

2. An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy.

Syn: Axiom, Maxim, Aphorism, Adage.

Usage: An axiom is a self-evident truth which is taken for granted as the basis of reasoning. A maxim is a guiding principle sanctioned by experience, and relating especially to the practical concerns of life. An aphorism is a short sentence pithily expressing some valuable and general truth or sentiment. An adage is a saying of long-established authority and of universal application.

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Co"gent\ (k[=o]"j[e^]nt), 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.]

The cogent force of nature. --Prior.

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

No better nor more cogent reason. --Dr. H. More.

Proofs of the most cogent description. --Tyndall.

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.

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Es"say\, n.; pl. Essays. [F. essai, fr. L. exagium a weighing, weight, balance; ex out + agere to drive, do; cf. examen, exagmen, a means of weighing, a weighing, the tongue of a balance, exigere to drive out, examine, weigh, Gr. 'exa`gion a weight, 'exagia`zein to examine, 'exa`gein to drive out, export. See Agent, and cf. Exact, Examine, Assay.]

1. An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend. "The essay at organization." --M. Arnold.

2. (Lit.) A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.

3. An assay. See Assay, n. [Obs.]

Syn: Attempt; trial; endeavor; effort; tract; treatise; dissertation; disquisition.

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Ex*act"\, a. [L. exactus precise, accurate, p. p. of exigere to drive out, to demand, enforce, finish, determine, measure; ex out + agere to drive; cf. F. exact. See Agent, Act.]

1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.

I took a great pains to make out the exact truth. --Jowett (Thucyd. )

2. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact. "I see thou art exact of taste." --Milton.

3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.

An exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reason. --Shak.

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Ex`e*ge"sis\, n.; pl. Exegeses. [NL., fr.Gr. ?,fr. ? to explain, interpret; ? out + ? to guide, lead, akin, to ? to lead. See Agent.]

1. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.

2. (Math.) The process of finding the roots of an equation. [Obs.]

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Lit`i*ga"tion\, n. [L. litigatio, fr. litigare to dispute, litigate; lis, litis, dispute, lawsuit (OL. stlis) + agere to carry on. See Agent.] The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.

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Nav"i*gate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Navigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Navigating.] [L. navigatus, p. p. of navigare, v.t. & i.; navis ship + agere to move, direct. See Nave, and Agent.] To joirney by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or communication; to sail.

The Phenicians navigated to the extremities of the Western Ocean. --Arbuthnot.

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Ped"a*gogue\, n. [F. p['e]dagogue, L. paedagogus, Gr. ?; pai^s, paido`s, a boy + ? to lead, guide; cf. ? leading. See Page a servant, Agent.]

1. (Gr. Antiq.) A slave who led his master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

2. A teacher of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young; a schoolmaster.

3. One who by teaching has become formal, positive, or pedantic in his ways; one who has the manner of a schoolmaster; a pedant. --Goldsmith.

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Prod"i*gal\, a. [L. prodigus, from prodigere to drive forth, to squander away; pro forward, forth + agere to drive; cf. F. prodigue. See Agent. ] Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses.

In fighting fields [patriots] were prodigal of blood. --Dryden.

Syn: Profuse; lavish; extravagant; squandering; wasteful. See Profuse.

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Purge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purged; p. pr. & vb. n. Purging.] [F. purger, L. purgare; purus pure + agere to make, to do. See Pure, and Agent.]

1. To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous. "Till fire purge all things new." --Milton.

2. (Med.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.

3. To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.

4. To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.

5. To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime.

When that he hath purged you from sin. --Chaucer.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. --Ps. li. 7.

6. (Law) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.

7. To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away.

Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. --Ps. lxxix. 9.

We 'll join our cares to purge away Our country's crimes. --Addison.

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Strat"a*gem\, n. [F. stratag[`e]me (cf. Sp. estratagema, It. stratagemma), L. strategema, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be leader of an army, fr. ? a general; ? an army (probably as being spread out; cf. Stratum) + ? to lead. See Agent.] An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination.

Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak.

Those oft are stratagems which error seem, Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. --Pope.

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Syn"a*gogue\, n. [F., from L. synagoga, Gr. ? a bringing together, an assembly, a synagogue, fr. ? to bring together; sy`n with + ? to lead. See Syn-, and Agent.]

1. A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites.

2. The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.

3. The council of, probably, 120 members among the Jews, first appointed after the return from the Babylonish captivity; -- called also the Great Synagogue, and sometimes, though erroneously, the Sanhedrin.

4. A congregation in the early Christian church.

My brethren, . . . if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring. --James ii. 1,2 (Rev. Ver.).

5. Any assembly of men. [Obs. or R.] --Milton.

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Trans*ac"tion\, n. [L. transactio, fr. transigere, transactum, to drive through, carry through, accomplish, transact; trans across, over + agere to drive; cf. F. transaction. See Act, Agent.]

1. The doing or performing of any business; management of any affair; performance.

2. That which is done; an affair; as, the transactions on the exchange.

3. (Civil Law) An adjustment of a dispute between parties by mutual agreement.

Transaction of a society, the published record of what it has done or accomplished.

Syn: Proceeding; action; process.

Usage: Transaction, Proceeding. A transaction is something already done and completed; a proceeding is either something which is now going on, or, if ended, is still contemplated with reference to its progress or successive stages.

Note: " We the word proceeding in application to an affray in the street, and the word transaction to some commercial negotiation that has been carried on between certain persons. The proceeding marks the manner of proceeding, as when we speak of the proceedings in a court of law. The transaction marks the business transacted; as, the transactions on the Exchange." --Crabb.

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Va"ri*e*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Variegated; p. pr. & vb. n. Variegating.] [L. variegatus, p. p. of variegare to variegate; varius various + agere to move, make. See Various, and Agent.] To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors.

The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the stone. --Woodward.

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