Agent vs Anent - What's the difference?
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One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.
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.
(computing) 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 autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
(grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
(archaic) Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as
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(obsolete) In the opinion or judgment of
(obsolete) Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side
:* ... if Painter did ever abide in the old bark mill said to be anent his brother's freehold.'' — R.T. Smith, ''Ina Grove , The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 81, Iss. 4; pg. 230, 25 pgs, 2005
(obsolete) In a line with; side by side with; on a level with.
As a noun agent
is agent (intermediary for certain services, such as for artistic performances or public relations).As a preposition anent is
(archaic) concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as.agent
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(wikipedia agent)Noun
(en noun)- Heaven made us agents , free to good or ill. --Dryden.
- I see in him [Moby Dick] outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. That inscrutable thing is chiefly what I hate; and be the white whale agent , or be the white whale principal, I will wreak that hate upon him. --Herman Melville, , ch. 36
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Preposition
(English prepositions)- Mr Bloom and Stephen entered the cabman’s shelter, an unpretentious wooden structure, where, prior to then, he had rarely, if ever, been before; the former having previously whispered to the latter a few hints anent the keeper of it
- The wings of the driver's Marlenesque nose shone, having shed or burned up their ration of powder, and she kept up an elegant monologue anent the local traffic
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- This question remains a vital consideration anent the debate over the possibility of limiting nuclear war to military objectives,