† by-groundn.
Obsolete.
1. A piece of ground lying out of the way.
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the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] > lying beyond or out of the way
thorter land1488
by-plot1587
by-ground1611
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xvi. 218/2 Many remnants [of causeways] remaine, especially in pastures, or by-grounds out of the rode way.
2. figurative. A secondary ground or cause.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > subsidiary or contributory cause
by-grounda1603
occasion1605
by-cause1631
generant1635
concurrency1636
under-cause1645
causa causata1659
concurrent1667
occasional cause1728
condition1817
factor1851
a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 499 Augustine esteemed it but of custome, and other by-grounds, that in one Church there should bee but one onely Bishop.
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