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AgencyAgency 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. Assurgency
Assurgency As*sur"gen*cy, n.
Act of rising.
The . . . assurgency of the spirit through the body.
--Coleridge.
Astringency
Astringency As*trin"gen*cy ([a^]s*tr[i^]n"jen*s[y^]), n.
The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the
parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other
substances which causes contraction of the organic textures;
as, the astringency of tannin.
Coagency
Coagency Co*a"gen*cy, n.
Agency in common; joint agency or agent. --Coleridge.
CogencyCogency Co"gen*cy, n. [See Cogent.]
The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction;
conclusiveness; force.
An antecedent argument of extreme cogency. --J. H.
Newman. ContingencyContingency Con*tin"gen*cy, n.; pl. Contingencies. [Cf. F.
contingence.]
1. Union or connection; the state of touching or contact.
``Point of contingency.' --J. Gregory.
2. The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the
possibility of coming to pass.
Aristotle says we are not to build certain rules on
the contingency of human actions. --South.
3. An event which may or may not occur; that which is
possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.
The remarkable position of the queen rendering her
death a most important contingency. --Hallam.
4. An adjunct or accessory. --Wordsworth.
5. (Law) A certain possible event that may or may not happen,
by which, when happening, some particular title may be
affected.
Syn: Casualty; accident; chance. Convergency
Convergence Con*ver"gence, Convergency Con*ver"gen*cy, n.
[Cf. F. convergence.]
The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one
point.
The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on
the pupil. --Berkeley.
Detergency
Detergency De*ter"gen*cy, n.
A cleansing quality or power. --De Foe.
DevergencyDevergence De*ver"gence, Devergency De*ver"gen*cy, n.
See Divergence. [Obs.] Diligency
Diligency Dil"i*gen*cy, n. [L. diligentia.]
Diligence; care; persevering endeavor. [Obs.] --Milton.
Divergency
Divergence Di*ver"gence, Divergency Di*ver"gen*cy, n. [Cf.
F. divergence.]
1. A receding from each other in moving from a common center;
the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the
divergence of straight lines.
Rays come to the eye in a state of divergency.
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2. Disagreement; difference.
Related with some divergence by other writers. --Sir
G. C. Lewis.
EmergencyEmergency E*mer"gen*cy, n.; pl. Emergencies. [See
Emergence.]
1. Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence;
a sudden occasion.
Most our rarities have been found out by casual
emergency. --Glanvill.
2. An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances
which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing
necessity; exigency.
To whom she might her doubts propose, On all
emergencies that rose. --Swift.
A safe counselor in most difficult emergencies.
--Brougham.
Syn: Crisis; conjuncture; exigency; pinch; strait; necessity. ExigencyExigency Ex"i*gen*cy, n.; pl. Exigencies. [LL. exigentia:
cf. F. exigence.]
The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing
necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate
action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. ``The
present exigency of his affairs.' --Ludlow.
Syn: Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency;
necessity; crisis. FulgencyFulgency Fulgen*cy, n. [See fulgent.]
Brightness; splendor; glitter; effulgence. --Bailey. Indigency
Indigency In"di*gen*cy, n.
Indigence.
New indigencies founded upon new desires. --South.
Indulgency
Indulgency In*dul"gen*cy, n.
Indulgence. --Dryden.
Insurgency
Insurgence In*sur"gence, Insurgency In*sur"gen*cy, n.
A state of insurrection; an uprising; an insurrection.
A moral insurgence in the minds of grave men against
the Court of Rome. --G. Eliot.
Intelligency
Intelligency In*tel"li*gen*cy, n.
Intelligence. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
Interagency
Interagency In`ter*a"gen*cy, n.
Intermediate agency.
Interregency
Interregency In`ter*re"gen*cy, n.
An interregnum. [Obs.] --Blount.
Mercantile agencyMercantile Mer"can*tile (?; 277), a. [F. mercantile, It.
mercantile, fr. L. mercans, -antis, p. pr. of mercari to
traffic. See Merchant.]
Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants;
having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of
commodities; commercial.
The expedition of the Argonauts was partly mercantile,
partly military. --Arbuthnot.
Mercantile agency, an agency for procuring information of
the standing and credit of merchants in different parts of
the country, for the use of dealers who sell to them.
Mercantile marine, the persons and vessels employed in
commerce, taken collectively.
Mercantile paper, the notes or acceptances given by
merchants for goods bought, or received on consignment;
drafts on merchants for goods sold or consigned.
--McElrath.
Syn: Mercantile, Commercial.
Usage: Commercial is the wider term, being sometimes used to
embrace mercantile. In their stricter use, commercial
relates to the shipping, freighting, forwarding, and
other business connected with the commerce of a
country (whether external or internal), that is, the
exchange of commodities; while mercantile applies to
the sale of merchandise and goods when brought to
market. As the two employments are to some extent
intermingled, the two words are often interchanged. Plangency
Plangency Plan"gen*cy, n.
The quality or state of being plangent; a beating sound. [R.]
PrefulgencyPrefulgency Pre*ful"gen*cy, n. [L. praefulgens, p. pr. of
praefulgere to shine forth. See Pre-, and Fulgent.]
Superior brightness or effulgency. [R.] --Barrow. Pungency
Pungency Pun"gen*cy, n.
The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness;
sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia. ``The
pungency of menaces.' --Hammond.
Refringency
Refringency Re*frin"gen*cy (r?*fr?n"jen*s?), n.
The power possessed by a substance to refract a ray; as,
different substances have different refringencies. --Nichol.
RefulgencyRefulgence Re*ful"gence (r?*f?l"jens), Refulgency
Re*ful"gen*cy (-jen*s?), n. [L. refulgentia. See Refulgent.]
The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender;
radiance. Restringency
Restringency Re*strin"gen*cy, n.
Quality or state of being restringent; astringency. [Obs.]
--Sir W. Petty.
Retromingency
Retromingency Re`tro*min"gen*cy, n.
The quality or state of being retromingent. --Sir T. Browne.
Stringency
Stringency Strin"gen*cy (str[i^]n"jen*s[y^]), n.
The quality or state of being stringent.
Subagency
Subagency Sub*a"gen*cy, n.
A subordinate agency.
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