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Caused

Cause \Cause\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caused; p. pr. & vb. n. Causing.] [F. causer, fr. cause, fr. L. caus

  1. See Cause, n., and cf. Acouse.] To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite ver

  2. I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days.
    --Gen. vii. 4.

    Cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans.
    --Col. iv. 16.

    Syn: To create; produce; beget; effect; occasion; originate; induce; bring about.

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caused

vb. (en-past of: cause)

Usage examples of "caused".

AND THE First Speaker's voice projected sharply through the startled hubbub caused by Third's empassioned peroration, "we abandon the planet now, with no logical explanation for the disappearance -- and I see no logical explanation short of killing our people outright and leaving their bodies to be found .

That there was a sudden epidemic of insanity that caused the guards no end of secret amusement.

On Ferrill they caused debilitation on Harlan only a senseless stupor.

It had been felt that the unsightly scars at wrist, ankle and neckline contributed to the revulsion caused by restorees.

That one little phrase that caused a whole race of profoundly gentle, devout people to commit suicide.

He spoke next in simple but adequate Hrruban, although something he said caused Hrriss to giggle until Hrrula growled warningly.

Eckerd had reported sardonically that there had been nothing more suspicious on the scene than a natural forest fire, caused by the lightning storm the morning of the barn raising.

Straining to see what caused this second cloud, it flashed through Ken's mind that he was not the only novice horseman.

The sudden crowd caused Hrriss's two pet ocelots, Prem and Mehh, to go on guard.

One had a broken neck-probably caused fighting to resist being loaded, for the rope burns on head and neck were obvious.

He wondered what other data Reeve had uncovered that caused Poldep to intervene on their behalf.

His attentiveness, - the surprise that began to wreathe his features with new hope, caused everyone to turn to discover what he saw.

It seemed subtly different, and as the exploration team's camera drew closer, he could see that this ship was derelict, its hull riddled with jagged rents caused by explosive charges and the neater, milled holes of laser bolts.

Frictions that had been caused by disagreement about the space port were mainly discarded by the generally held desire to get on terms with the aliens.

Show them that their hypocrisy was discovered and make them reveal what weapons had caused such destruction.