单词 | reagency |
释义 | reagencyn. Reactive power or operation; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [noun] > return action or operation repercussion1603 reacting1611 recussion1754 reaction1771 reagency1793 reverberation1797 retroaction1799 response1887 snap-back1972 1793 N. Douglas Thoughts on Mod. Politics 172 [Industry] depends..on that tenure in the state, which may [make]..the re-agency of good Government meliorate the morals and manners of the People. 1822–3 S. T. Coleridge Shorter Wks. & Fragm. (1995) II. 1020 Reducing the infinite variety of chemical phenomena to the actions, re-agencies, and interchanges of a few elementary substances. 1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 12 The re-agency of these London sufferings did..enforce the use of opium. 1922 G. Saintsbury Let. Bk. xxxvii. 239 The combined reagency of these relatives has given us what we have from no other English poet. 1976 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 5 June 4 a/6 A political constituency made up primarily of conservatives, southerners, and right wingers. A reagency. 2002 Africa News (Nexis) 26 Feb. They will come after the rest of us with a passionate reagency which you and I will need to see to appreciate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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