the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > [verb (transitive)] > cause (4)
transitive. In or after Biblical use: To be a stumbling-block to; to offend; to cause to lapse… Used actively. (Cf. scandalize, v.1 2.)
transitive. To be a stumbling block, or cause spiritual or moral difficulty, to (a person); to shock morally or spiritually; to cause to sin. Obsolete…
transitive (nonce-use.) To make (a person) sin.