Part 1718

<hw>Caus"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being caused.</def>

<h1>Causal</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Caus"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>causalis</ets>. See <er>Cause</er>.]</ety> <def>Relating to a cause or causes; inplying or containing a cause or causes; expressing a cause; causative.</def>

<blockquote><b>Causal</b> propositions are where two propositions are joined by <b>causal</b> words. <i>Watts.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Causal</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Caus"al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A causal word or form of speech.</def>

<blockquote>Anglo-Saxon <b>drencan</b> to drench, <b>causal</b> of Anglo-Saxon <b>drincan</b> to drink. <i>Skeat.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Causality</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cau*sal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <er>Causalities</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>causality</b> of the divine mind. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Phren.)</fld> <def>The faculty of tracing effects to their causes.</def>

<i>G. Combe.</i>

<h1>Causally</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Caus"al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>According to the order or series of causes; by tracing effects to causes.</def>

<h1>Causally</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Caus"al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mining.)</fld> <def>The lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off washing.</def>

<h1>Causation</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cau*sa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.</def>

<blockquote>The kind of <b>causation</b> by which vision is produced. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Law of universal causation</col>, <cd>the theoretical or asserted law that every event or phenomenon results from, or is the sequel of, some previous event or phenomenon, which being present, the other is certain to take place.</cd></cs>

<h1>Causationist</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cau*sa"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who believes in the law of universal causation.</def>

<h1>Causative</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Caus"a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>causativus</ets> pertaining to a lawsuit (<ets>causa</ets>), but in the English sense from E. <ets>cause</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Effective, as a cause or agent; causing.</def>

<blockquote><b>Causative</b> in nature of a number of effects. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Expressing a cause or reason; causal; <as>as, the ablative is a <ex>causative</ex> case</as>.</def>

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