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adj
Caused, existing due to a certain cause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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noun
The effect of a cause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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verb
To cause, originate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, obsolete, transitive
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verb
To originate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, nonstandard, obsolete
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History
First attested in 1652; borrowed from Medieval Latin causātus, perfect passive participle of causō (“to cause”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
First attested in 1852, in the writings of the poet Philip James Bailey; from cause + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
