Coagency
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Agency in common, or a joint or combined agency. countable, uncountable
"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 mind to the mind of his benefactor, he should in his own person become a grateful and dutiful child — then doubtless the mother would be wholly satisfied!"
Example
More examples"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 mind to the mind of his benefactor, he should in his own person become a grateful and dutiful child — then doubtless the mother would be wholly satisfied!"
Etymology
From co- + agency.
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