capable of producing a certain effect n a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations n a substance that exerts some force or effect n a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission n any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau n the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
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a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials n
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an official of a bureaucracy
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of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy