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unˈcaused, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
Common from c 1730; hence (in recent use) uncausedness.
a1628F. Grevil Let. to Honorable Lady (1633) C iv, To giue all, and take nothing, proceeds of an uncaused goodnesse, and so necessarily of an vnabusing. 1722Wollaston Relig. Nat. v. 65 Where there is a subordination of causes and effects, there must necessarily be a cause in nature prior to the rest, uncaused. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 366 We know that He is almighty, self-existent, uncaused. 1796Bp. Watson Apol. Bible 367 What think you of an uncaused cause of every thing? 1849H. Spencer in Academy 25 June (1904) 690/1 An uncaused deity is just as inconceivable as an uncaused universe. 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 4 He has simply thrown out..the whole fabric of motiveless will and uncaused spontaneity. |