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coagency

coagency noun: agency in common, or a joint or combined agency.

Noun

coagency (countable and uncountable, plural coagencies)

  1. Agency in common, or a joint or combined agency.
    • If indeed by the force of Matthew's example, by persuasion or by additional and more mysterious influences, or by an inward co-agency, compatible with the existence of a personal will, James should be led to repent; if through admiration and love of this great goodness gradually assimilating his...1825, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, Aids to Reflection in the Formation of a Manly Character on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality, and Religion: […], London: […] Thomas Davison, […] for Taylor...

Forms of coagency

pluralcoagencies

Origin of coagency

From co- + agency.

Questions about coagency

What does coagency mean?
Coagency means agency in common, or a joint or combined agency.
What part of speech is coagency?
Coagency is a noun.
What is the plural of coagency?
The plural of coagency is coagencies.

Words near coagency in the dictionary

  1. coafforests
  2. coag
  3. coagel
  4. coagels
  5. coagencies
  6. coagency
  7. coagent
  8. coagents
  9. coagglutinate
  10. coagglutinated
  11. coagglutinates

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