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Thesaurus > Abstract relations > Causation > Constancy of sequence in events

153. Cause

Nouns

• cause, origin, source, principle, element; occasioner [obs3], prime mover, primum mobile [Lat]; vera causa [Lat]; author etc. (producer) S164; mainspring; agent; leaven; groundwork, foundation etc. (support) S215.
• spring, fountain, well, font; fountainhead, spring head, wellhead; fons et origo [Lat], genesis; descent etc. (paternity) S166; remote cause; influence.
• pivot, hinge, turning point, lever, crux, fulcrum; key; proximate cause, causa causans [Lat]; straw that breaks the camel's back.
• ground; reason, reason why; why and wherefore, rationale, occasion, derivation; final cause etc. (intention) S620; les dessous des cartes [Fr]; undercurrents.
• rudiment, egg, germ, embryo, bud, root, radix radical, etymon, nucleus, seed, stem, stock, stirps, trunk, tap-root, gemmule [obs3], radicle, semen, sperm.
• nest, cradle, nursery, womb, nidus, birthplace, hotbed.
• causality, causation; origination; production etc. S161.

Verbs

• be the cause etc. n of; originate; give origin to, give rise, to, give occasion to; cause, occasion, sow the seeds of, kindle, suscitate [obs3]; bring on, bring to bring pass, bring about; produce; create etc. S161; set up, set afloat, set on foot; found, broach, institute, lay the foundation of; lie at the root of.
• procure, induce, draw down, open the door to, superinduce, evoke, entail, operate; elicit, provoke.
• conduce to etc. (tend to) S176; contribute; have a hand in the pie, have a finger in the pie; determine, decide, turn the scale; have a common origin; derive its origin etc. (effect) S154.

Adjectives

• caused etc. v; causal, original; primary, primitive, primordial; aboriginal; protogenal [obs3]; radical; embryonic, embryotic [obs3]; in embryo, in ovo [Lat]; seminal, germinal; at the bottom of; connate, having a common origin.

Adverbs

• because etc. S155; behind the scenes.

Phrases

• causa latet vis est notissima [Lat][Ovid]; felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas [Lat][Vergil].