cause

Roget category 153

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.8. Causation
›› 1.8.1. Constancy of sequence in events

#153. [Constant antecedent]. Cause

noun

cause, origin, source, principle, element — occasioner^†, prime mover, primum mobile [Lat.] — vera causa [Lat.] — author etc. (producer) 164 — mainspring — agent — leaven — groundwork, foundation etc. (support) 215.
spring, fountain, well, font — fountainhead, spring head, wellhead — fons et origo [Lat.], genesis — descent etc. (paternity) 166 — remote cause — influence.
pivot, hinge, turning point, lever, crux, fulcrum — key — proximate cause, causa causans [Lat.] — straw that breaks the camel's back.
ground — reason, reason why — why and wherefore, rationale, occasion, derivation — final cause etc. (intention) 620 — les dessous des cartes [Fr.] — undercurrents.
rudiment.
egg, germ, embryo, bud, root, radix radical, etymon, nucleus, seed, stem, stock, stirps, trunk, tap-root, gemmule^†, radicle, semen, sperm.
nest, cradle, nursery, womb, nidus, birthplace, hotbed.
causality, causation — origination — production etc. 161.

verb

be the cause of etc. n . — originate — give origin to, give rise, to, give occasion to — cause, occasion, sow the seeds of, kindle, suscitate^† — bring on, bring to bring pass, bring about — produce — create etc. 161 — set up, set afloat, set on foot — found, broach, institute, lay the foundation of — lie at the root of.
procure, induce, draw down, open the door to, superinduce, evoke, entail, operate — elicit, provoke.
conduce to etc. (tend to) 176 — contribute — have a hand in the pie, have a finger in the pie — determine, decide, turn the scale — have a common origin — derive its origin etc. (effect) 154.

adjective

caused etc. v. — causal, original — primary, primitive, primordial — aboriginal — protogenal^† — radical — embryonic, embryotic^† — in embryo, in ovo [Lat.] — seminal, germinal — at the bottom of — connate, having a common origin.

adverb

because etc. 155 — behind the scenes.

phrase

causa latet vis est notissima [Lat.] [Ovid]; felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas [Lat.] [Vergil].

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