occasionern.

?c1452 in Paston Lett. (1904) I. 104 I..declare that the seid Edmond, Duc of Somersett, hath be meane, consenter, occasioner, cause, and mediatour.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xliiii To endyte all suche persones as were occacyoners& Executours of that dede.

1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. B.iiij Certayne philosophers..plucked oute theyr owne eyes, bycause they were the occasioners and prouokers of all euyll affections and lustes.

a1595 R. Southwell Humble Supplication (1600) 77 The late vprores betweene Gentlemen & aprentises, were laid to our charge, thogh the occasioners of both were known so wel.

1633 E. Ford Montelyon ii. 19 Onely my outward parts may be yours, but my inward, affections shall continually esteeme you as the onely occasioner of my endlesse miseries.

a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 117 Those things that were occasioners of his sin.

1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 286 The Acceptant, as the wilfull occasioner thereof, is obliged to make good all the loss.

?a1800 J. Douglas vii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. cciv. F. 98/1 Thou wast the first occasioner Of parting my gay lord and me.

1957 Amer. Slavic & East European Rev. 16 300 Possibly what is true for them holds also for the occasioner of that ‘reorganization’: the planned industrial reorganization.