the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9
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Bible Dictionaries
Cause
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v.) The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.
(2):
(v.) That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
(3):
(v.) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
(4):
(n.) 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 verb.
(5):
(v. i.) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
(6):
(conj.) Abbreviation of Because.
(7):
(v.) Sake; interest; advantage.
(8):
(v.) That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.
(9):
(v.) Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cause'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cause.html. 1828.
