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an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents" a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau a substance that exerts some force or effect the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the hapening denoted by the verb in the clause |
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