Denoting proximity. In later use chiefly in comparative and superlative. Of a cause: immediate, proximate. Obsolete.

Of a cause, aim, reason, etc.: most relevant, immediate, or pertinent; foremost. Obsolete.

= procatarctic, adj. 2.

Chiefly Medicine. Designating an exciting, remote, or occasional cause; spec. designating a cause (usually external) which brings about disease in a…

Theology. Associated with or considered in relation to its object; material as opposed to formal. Obsolete.

Philosophy and Theology. Designating a cause which is of the nature of a failure or deficiency; chiefly in defective cause. Cf. deficient, adj.…

Of actions, causes, etc. Obsolete.

Coming immediately before or after in a chain of causation, agency, reasoning, or other relation; immediate, short-term. Frequently in proximate cause…

Of a cause: proximate, immediate. Obsolete.

Next in a chain of causation, agency, reasoning, etc.; = proximate, adj. 1a.

= proegumenal, adj.

Of a cause of an effect, disease, etc.: preceding, predisposing; designating an original or primary cause, as opposed to an immediate or exciting…

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a concause; operating in combination as causes. Also as n.

= proegumenal, adj.

Of a cause: proximate, immediate. Cf. propinque, adj. 3.

= proegumenal, adj.

= synectic, adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.

= proegumenal, adj.

Near; coming next. Cf. proximate, adj.

Lying very near or close to something; proximate, immediate.

History of Science. Designating an immediate cause coinciding completely in time with its effect; = continent, adj. 7b.

having a single cause.