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reagent

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7 lettersPronunciation /ɹiˈeɪ.d͡ʒənt/Part of speech nounSorted aeegnrtStarts with REnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a chemical agent for use in chemical reactions

Word origin

Possibly from Latin reagō. Compare with Norwegian Bokmål reagens. The sequence of act → action → agent → agency shows morphologic and semantic parallel, and apparent cognate relation, with react → reaction → reagent → reagency.

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