Part 1720

<hw>Cause</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Cause</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw>Cause</hw>, <tt>conj.</tt> <def>Abbreviation of <er>Because</er>.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Causeful</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw>Cause"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Having a cause.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Causeless</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw>Cause"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>1. Self-originating; uncreated.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Without just or sufficient reason; groundless.</def>

<blockquote>My fears are <b>causeless</b> and ungrounded. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Causeless</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw>Cause"less</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Without cause or reason.</def>

<h1>Causelessness</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw>Cause"less*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being causeless.</def>

<h1>Causer</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw>Caus"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who or that which causes.</def>

<h1>Causeuse</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw>Cau`seuse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>causer</ets> to talk.]</ety> <def>A kind of sofa for two person. A <i>t\'88te-a-t\'88te</i>.</def>

<h1>Causeway, Causey</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw><hw>Cause"way</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cau"sey</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cauci</ets>, <ets>cauchie</ets>, OF. <ets>cauchie</ets>, F. <ets>chauss\'82e</ets>, from LL. (<ets>via</ets>) <ets>calciata</ets>, fr <ets>calciare</ets> to make a road, either fr. L. <ets>calx</ets> lime, hence, to pave with limestone (cf. E. <ets>chalk</ets>), or from L. <ets>calceus</ets> shoe, from <ets>calx</ets> heel, hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by treading.]</ety> <def>A way or road rasid above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.</def>

<blockquote>But that broad <b>causeway</b> will direct your way. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The other way Satan went down The <b>causey</b> to Hell-gate. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Causewayed, Causeyed</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw><hw>Cause"wayed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cau"seyed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>.<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a raised way (causeway or causey); paved.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott. C. Bront\'82.</i>

<h1>Causidical</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw>Cau*sid"i*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>causidicakis</ets>; <ets>causa</ets> a cause in law + <ets>dicare</ets> to say.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits.</def>