631. Instrumentality. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget’s International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers

Division (I) Individual Volition

Section II. Prospective Volition

2. Subservience to Ends

1. Actual Subservience

631. Instrumentality.


NOUN:	INSTRUMENTALITY; aid [See Aid]; subservience or subserviency, intermediacy, intermediation, mediation, intervention, medium, intermedium, intermediary, interagent, intermediate, mediating agency, vehicle, hand; agency [See Agency]. minister, handmaid; midwife, accoucheur [F.], accoucheuse [fem., F.], obstetrician; servant, slave, maid, valet; friend at court; go-between; cat’s-paw; stepping-stone. KEY, master -, pass -, latch- key; “open sesame”; passport, passe-partout [F.], safe-conduct; pull [slang], influence. INSTRUMENT [See Instrument]; expedient (plan) [See Plan]; means [See Means].

VERB:	SUBSERVE, minister, mediate, intervene, intermediate, come -, go- between; interpose; pull the -strings, - wires; use one’s influence; be instrumental &c. adj.; pander to; officiate; tend.

ADJECTIVE:	INSTRUMENTAL; useful [See Utility]; ministerial, subservient, serviceable; mediatorial, intermedial, intermediary, intermediate, intervening; conducive.

ADVERB:	THROUGH, by per [L.]; whereby, thereby, hereby; by the agency of [See Agency]; by dint of; by or in virtue of; through the medium of &c. n.; along with; on the shoulders of; by means of [See Means]; by or with the aid of (assistance) [See Aid]. SOMEHOW; per fas et nefas [L.]; by fair means or foul; somehow or other; by hook or by crook.

QUOTATION:	Man is thy most awful instrument In working out a pure intent.—Wordsworth