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Agent
- noun - a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
- a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
- a substance that exerts some force or effect
- an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents"
- any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
- the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Agist
- - To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; -- used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same.
Aglet
- noun - metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon
- ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform
Ain't
- - A contraction for are not and am not; also used for is not. [Colloq. or illiterate speech]. See An't.
Alert
- adjective - mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"
- a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
- an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
- condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"
- engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"
- quick and energetic;
- warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
Aleut
- noun - a community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska; "the Aleut and the Eskimo are related culturally and linguistically"
- a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
- the language spoken by the Aleut
Alfet
- - A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.
Allot
- verb - administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
- allow to have; "grant a privilege"
- bestow
- give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
Aloft
- adverb - at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship; "climbed aloft to unfurl the sail"
- at or to great height; high up in or into the air; "eagles were soaring aloft"; "dust is whirled aloft"
- in the higher atmosphere above the earth; "weather conditions aloft are fine"
- upward; "the good news sent her spirits aloft"