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▪ I. † ˈcausate, a. (n.) Obs.
Also caussate.
[ad. med.L. causāt-us, pa. pple. of causāre to cause.]
A. adj. Caused, due to a cause.
B. n. A thing caused, an effect.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 103 A conscientionall, accidentall event..but no appropriate, causate, and observate experiment. 1657J. Smith Myst. Rhet. A vij b, The Caussate,..depends upon the Cause, as having its being thence.
▪ II. cauˈsate, v. rare.
[f. med.L. causāt- ppl. stem of causāre; see -ate3.]
a. trans. To cause, originate.
b. intr. To originate.
1839Bailey Festus (1854) 535 That Divinity..Wherein all things authentic do causate. 1855― Mystic 135 When..unnumbered times..Have passed, shall God..another world causate. |