| causal | (adj) involving or constituting a cause; causing, Example: a causal relationship between scarcity and higher prices |
| causal agent | (n) any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results, Syn. cause, causal agency |
| causalgia | (n) a burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral nerve; usually associated with skin changes |
| causality | (n) the relation between causes and effects |
| causally | (adv) in a causal fashion, Example: causally efficacious powers |
| causative | (adj) producing an effect, Ant. noncausative, Example: poverty as a causative factor in crime |
| cause | (n) events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something, Example: they are trying to determine the cause of the crash |
| cause | (n) a justification for something existing or happening, Syn. reason, grounds, Example: he had no cause to complain; they had good reason to rejoice |
| cause | (v) give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally, Syn. make, do, Example: cause a commotion; make a stir; cause an accident |
| cause celebre | (n) an incident that attracts great public attention |
| Causable | a. Capable of being caused. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Causal | a. [ L. causalis. See Cause. ] Relating to a cause or causes; inplying or containing a cause or causes; expressing a cause; causative. [ 1913 Webster ] Causal propositions are where two propositions are joined by causal words. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Causal | n. A causal word or form of speech. [ 1913 Webster ] Anglo-Saxon drencan to drench, causal of Anglo-Saxon drincan to drink. Skeat. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Causality | n.; The causality of the divine mind. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Causally | n. (Mining.) The lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off washing. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Causally | adv. According to the order or series of causes; by tracing effects to causes. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Causation | n. The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced. [ 1913 Webster ] The kind of causation by which vision is produced. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Causationist | n. One who believes in the law of universal causation. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Causative | n. A word which expresses or suggests a cause. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Causative | a. [ L. causativus pertaining to a lawsuit (causa), but in the English sense from E. cause. ] Causative in nature of a number of effects. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |