causaladj.n.
A. adj.
1. Of or relating to a cause or causes.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective]
causal1570
1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xi. f. 315v A causall definition geuen by the cause efficient.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 268 The independence of the Divine Essence as to al causes and causal limitation.
1858 W. Whewell Novum Organon Renov. 121 Aiming at the formation of a causal section in each science of phenomena.
2. Of the nature of a cause: acting as a cause.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > causing
efficient1398
engendering?1552
casual1578
procuring1581
procurative1633
causal1642
effectful1669
causant1677
causing1829
ingenerative1877
1642 J. Spelman View of Observ. upon His Majesties Late Answers 12 This peoples election..hath no causall influx..into the Regall power conveyed.
1672 H. More Brief Reply 262 As being a means to this end, and, therefore, Causal thereto.
1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xvii. 162 The Certainty of the Prescience is not antecedent or causal, but subsequent and eventual.
1858 H. L. Mansel Bampton Lect. (ed. 4) ii. 34 The condition of causal activity.
1881 P. Brooks Candle of Lord 101 One supreme causal God.
3. Of the nature of cause and effect.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > of the nature of cause and effect
causal1656
1656 H. More Antidote Atheism (1712) iii. iii. 91 Any causal connexion betwixt those ceremonies and the ensuing Tempests.
1712 R. Blackmore Creation v. 225 The Links of all the causal Chain.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 244 That the term cause and effect was loosely or gratuitously applied to what we know only as consecutive, not at all as causal.
1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. iv. vii. 463 The causal connexions among those traits were obscured by other connexions.
4. Grammar and Logic. Expressing a cause. causal proposition n. see quot. 1724.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > of types of propositions
causalc1530
subalternate1599
equipollent1642
reduplicative1671
subalternating1671
pure1697
poristic1704
desitive1725
inceptive1725
contrary1739
exponible1788
analytic1797
analytical1797
poristical1828
oristica1832
oristicosemeiotica1832
balanced1849
plurative1849
molecular1892
dyadic1897
monadic1897
dispositional1909
non-atomic1934
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [adjective] > expressing cause or causation
casual1578
causativea1623
causala1638
c1530 T. More Let. Impugnynge J. Fryth in Wks. 840/2 Thoughe I woulde graunt this causale proposicion.
a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) i. xix. 70 A causal or conditional Conjunction.
1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 156 The words are coupled to the Precedent with that causal particle For.
1724 I. Watts Logick 167 Causal propositions are, where two propositions are joined by causal particles; as, houses were not built, that they might be destroyed.
1870 R. C. Jebb Sophocles' Electra (ed. 2) 8/2 Τήρᾳ and χρόνῳ..are causal datives.
B. n.
a. A causal conjunction or particle.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > conjunction > [noun] > other specific types of conjunction
rationalc1450
subcontinuativea1504
causal1530
conditional1591
perfective1735
positive1751
suppositive1751
vav conversive1828
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 148 Some [conjunctions] be causales & serve to bring in a sentence whereby the cause of a mater spoken of before is expressed.
1751 J. Harris Hermes ii. ii. 246 Causals subjoin Causes to Effects.
b. A thing implying a cause.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun]
proofc1330
worka1382
workinga1382
consequentc1386
effectc1390
processa1400
consequencec1400
sequel1477
efficacea1492
operation1525
branch1526
efficacy1549
trial1559
ensuing1561
repercussion1603
success1606
productiona1610
salutation1609
succeedinga1616
pursuancea1626
spawna1631
income1635
result1638
importance1645
consequency1651
product1651
causal1652
causate1656
consectary1659
propter hoc1671
inference1673
corollary1674
resultment1683
produce1698
recussion1754
development1803
suitea1806
eventuation1813
sequent1838
sequence1853
causatum1879
sequela1883
ramification1925
1652 W. Sclater Civil Magistr. (1653) 25 Causalls they are..casual they are not.
Compounds
causal nexus n. the necessary connection between cause and effect.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > causation > as necessary connection
causal nexusa1856
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxix. 394 The phænomenon of necessity in our notion of the causal nexus.
1874 W. Wallace tr. G. W. F. Hegel Logic §42. 75 The causal nexus between the two is..only evident to thought.
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