释义 |
causeful, a. rare.|ˈkɔːzfʊl| [f. cause n. + -ful.] †a. Showing or yielding a cause or reason. Obs. b. Having (good) cause or reason, well founded, well-grounded. c. That is a cause of, productive, fruitful of.
c1400Test. Love iii. (1560) 298/2 Withouten causefull evidence, mistrust in jealousie should not be weued. 1586Sidney Astr. & Stella (1622) 575 Yet waile thy selfe, and waile with causefull teares. 1613Sherley Trav. Persia 7 His causefull indignation. 1849D. Jerrold Man of Money Wks. 1864 IV. 95 More causeful of blood and tears than the hammer of Thor. |