'Causing' definitions:
Definition of 'causing'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of causing something to happen [syn: causing, causation]
Definition of 'Causing'
From: GCIDE
- Cause \Cause\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caused; p. pr. & vb. n. Causing.] [F. causer, fr. cause, fr. L. causa. See Cause, n., and cf. Acouse.] To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb. [1913 Webster]
- I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days. --Gen. vii. 4. [1913 Webster]
- Cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans. --Col. iv. 16.
- Syn: To create; produce; beget; effect; occasion; originate; induce; bring about. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Causing'
- Cause,
- Caused,
- Causeful,
- Causes of instance,
- Efficient cause,
- Exciting causes,
- Final cause,
- Formal cause,
- Material cause,
- Predisponent causes,
- Predisposing causes,
- Probable cause,
- Proximate cause,
- cause celebre,
- cause of action,
- cause of death,
- cause to be perceived,
- cause to sleep,
- first cause,
- lost cause,
- To make common cause with,
- To cause the face to shine upon