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English Dictionary: cause	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for cause
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cause n events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash" a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice" Synonym(s): cause, reason, grounds a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" Synonym(s): campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results Synonym(s): causal agent, cause, causal agency a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord" Synonym(s): lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa v give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" Synonym(s): cause, do, make cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" Synonym(s): induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shine \Shine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shone} ([?] [or] [?]; 277) (archaic {Shined}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shining}.] [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. sc[c6]nan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. sk[c6]na, OS. & OHG. sc[c6]nan, G. scheinen, Icel. sk[c6]na, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. [?][?][?] shadow. [root]157. Cf. {Sheer} pure, and {Shimmer}.] 1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. --Shak. God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist. --2 Cor. iv. 6. Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. --Denham. 2. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver. 3. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. [bd]So proud she shined in her princely state.[b8] --Spenser. Once brightest shined this child of heat and air. --Pope. 4. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation. Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable. --Swift. {To make}, [or] {cause}, {the face to shine upon}, to be propitious to; to be gracious to. --Num. vi. 25.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cause \Cause\ (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. {Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to make one thing begin to be. --Locke. 2. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing. 3. Sake; interest; advantage. [Obs.] I did it not for his cause. --2 Cor. vii. 12. 4. (Law) 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. 5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general. What counsel give you in this weighty cause! --Shak. 6. 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. God befriend us, as our cause is just. --Shak. The part they take against me is from zeal to the cause. --Burke. {Efficient cause}, the agent or force that produces a change or result. {Final cause}, the end, design, or object, for which anything is done. {Formal cause}, the elements of a conception which make the conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the idea viewed as a formative principle and co[94]perating with the matter. {Material cause}, that of which anything is made. {Proximate cause}. See under {Proximate}. {To make common cause with}, to join with in purposes and aims. --Macaulay. Syn: Origin; source; mainspring; motive; reason; incitement; inducement; purpose; object; suit; action.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cause \Cause\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caused}; p. pr. & v. n. {Causing}.] [F. causer, fr. cause, fr. L. causa. See {Cause}, n., and cf. {Acouse}.] 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. I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days. --Gen. vii. 4. Cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans. --Col. iv. 16. Syn: To create; produce; beget; effect; occasion; originate; induce; bring about.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cause \Cause\, v. i. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cause \Cause\, conj. Abbreviation of {Because}. --B. Jonson.