catalytic agent
Noun
Meaning
catalytic agent (plural catalytic agents)
a catalyst
Synonyms
Examples
Matthiessen (1941). 425 Reading Shakespeare had been "a catalytic agent" Matthiessen (1941), 428 for Melville, one that transformed his writing "from limited reporting to the expression of profound natural forces."
Matthiessen (1941). 425 Reading Shakespeare, Matthiessen observes, had been "a catalytic agent" for Melville, one that transformed his writing "from limited reporting to the expression of profound natural forces".