subserviency; mediation, intervention, medium, intermedium†, vehicle,
hand; agency &c 170.
minister, handmaid; midwife, accoucheur [Fr.], accoucheuse [Fr.],
obstetrician; gobetween; cat's-paw; stepping-stone.
opener &c 260; key; master key, passkey, latchkey; open sesame;
passport, passe-partout, safe-conduct, password.
instrument &c 633; expedient &c (plan) 626; means &c 632.
V. subserve, minister, mediate, intervene; be instrumental &c adj.;
pander to; officiate; tend.
Adj. instrumental; useful &c 644; ministerial, subservient,
mediatorial†; intermediate, intervening; conducive.
Adv. through, by, per; whereby, thereby, hereby; by the agency of &c
170; by dint of; by virtue of, in virtue of; through the medium of &c
n.; along with; on the shoulders of; by means of &c 632; by the aid of,
with the aid of &c (assistance) 707.
per fas et nefas [Lat.], by fair means or foul; somehow, somehow
or other; by hook or by crook.