Definition of cause

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Cause (v.) That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist..

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Pearl :: Pearl (v. t.) To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley..
Effulge :: Effulge (v. t.) To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam.
Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms..
Simmer :: Simmer (v. t.) To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.
Ferrugo :: Ferrugo (n.) A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the rust, from its resemblance to iron rust in color..
Perturber :: Perturber (n.) One who, or that which, perturbs, or cause perturbation..
Steem :: Steelyard (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards..
Calculator :: Calculator (n.) One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects..
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling.
Disadvance :: Disadvance (v. t. & i.) To draw back, or cause to draw back..
Nonsuit :: Nonsuit (n.) A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case..
Lethal :: Lethal (n.) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.
Agglutinate :: Agglutinate (v. t.) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances..
Lorettine :: Lorettine (n.) One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United States..
Strait-waistcoat :: Straitness (n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances..
Agonize :: Agonize (v. t.) To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.
Puker :: Puker (n.) That which causes vomiting.
Heavy Spar :: Heavy spar () Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals..
Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc..
Xanthinine :: Xanthinine (n.) A complex nitrogenous substance related to urea and uric acid, produced as a white powder; -- so called because it forms yellow salts, and because its solution forms a blue fluorescence like quinine..
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