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Causing

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.

Wiktionary
causing

vb. (present participle of cause English)

WordNet
causing

n. the act of causing something to happen [syn: causation]

Usage examples of "causing".

Dautrish, noticing her movement, saw Ken and trailed off in midsentence, causing the Codep men to look around incuriously.

As soon as the other man's noose dropped over the snake's head, he yanked back on his horse's reins, causing the animal to dig in its hooves in the soft mold and pull the rope taut.

He stifled an inadvertent gasp as blood rushed to his fingers, causing excruciating pain.

The Gringg tried to pronounce each new name, causing some of the kids to muffle their giggles in their hands.

He gestured towards his ears, and made faces so that the Gringg could understand that sound was causing him discomfort.

Todd hoped he wouldn't have to go all the way to the Amalgamated Worlds Council to keep Spacedep from causing more trouble.

Frail Frill, one of her most loyal officers, had asked to be released from his duties planetside because it was causing jealousy among the personnel who had been denied permission to downside.

The entrepreneur fired again, this time catching the snake in the tail, causing it to thrash back and forth in pain.

The smaller reptiles braided in and out between the hooves of the horses, causing even some of the hunthardened mounts to dance nervously.

On his second expedition, the co-leader had been such a confirmed pessimist that the morale of the entire party had deteriorated, causing needless disastrous incidents.

Kai relayed the information that only the the first reports from each of the teams had been picked up by the EV, and gave his assumption that the spatial storm viewed before the exploratory groups had left the ship must be causing sufficient interference to prevent a pick-up of other reports.

Its injured limb twitched and the exposed muscles rippled, each time causing the herbivore to whistle and bleat in pain.

Varian might object, as a xenob, about causing injury to any creature, but clearly she had to rescue the young hunter.

There were enough similarities between them for her to figure out how to use these without causing a minor disaster.

Lunzie had a moment's anxiety over that, but surely off-duty officers might dine here without causing great comment.