单词 | concause |
释义 | concausen. A co-operating cause. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > joint cause concausea1620 con-causal1660 coefficient1708 co-cause1812 a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. iii. §4. 223 Making it..the onely true cause: and all the rest, to be rather as instruments vnto it, then Concauses with it. 1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe 215 A concause, or coadiutor to base flattery. 1793 T. Taylor in tr. Plato Timæus Introd. 371 The concauses..of natural productions. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xl. 408 Heat and water together are the causes..Nay, there is a third concause..the atmosphere. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.a1620 |
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