- Caused
- Cause Cause, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caused}; p. pr. & vb. 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.
[1913 Webster]
I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days. --Gen. vii. 4. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.