causefuladj.
/ˈkɔːzfʊl/ rare. † a. Showing or yielding a cause or reason. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > showing cause
causefulc1400
c1400 Test. Love (1560) iii. 298/2 Withouten causefull evidence, mistrust in jealousie should not be weued.
b. Having (good) cause or reason, well founded, well-grounded.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [adjective] > vindicated > able to be > able to be defended by argument > having good cause
causefula1586
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 39 Yet waye thy selfe and wayle in causefull teares.
1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 7 His causefull indignation.
c. That is a cause of, productive, fruitful of.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > causing > productive of
causativea1420
nutrix?a1475
effective1594
inductive1613
productivea1631
creative1701
gignitive1837
causeful1849
1849 D. Jerrold Man of Money in Wks. (1864) IV. 95 More causeful of blood and tears than the hammer of Thor.
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