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Definition of Cause

Cause That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing. Sake; interest; advantage. A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general. The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain. To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse. Abbreviation of Because. Related Definitions: Abbreviation, About, Action, Advantage, Advocated, Affair, Agent, An, And, Any, Anything, Assign, As, Attain, Be, Because, Bring, By, Case, Cause, Claim, Court, Debate, Discussion, Effect, Espoused, Excuse, Exist, Existence, Finite, Followed, For, From, General, Give, Ground, He, His, In, Infinitive, Interest, Into, Is, It, Legal, Make, Matter, Motive, Not, Obtain, Occasion, Of, Or, Party, Person, Principle, Proceeds, Process, Produce, Question, Reason, Rejoicing, Result, Right, Sake, Show, Side, Sometimes, State, Subject, Suit, That, The, To, Upheld, Verb, What, Which, With, Without, Would

Cause Quotations The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause. Henri Bergson Heroism in a bad cause. Karel Reisz The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all. Ovid Cause and effect are two sides of one fact. Ralph Waldo Emerson Every cause produces more than one effect. Herbert Spencer

Cause Translations cause in Afrikaans is aandoen, rede, veroorsaak cause in Dutch is maken, doen, laten doen, laten cause in French is causer, causons, causent, rendre, causez, cause cause in German is Grund/verursachen, Ursache cause in Italian is cagionare, ragione, cagione, causo cause in Latin is indo (past indidi), facio, addo, infero cause in Portuguese is causar, causa cause in Spanish is causa, causar, ocasionar, originar

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