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Definition of cause : 1. 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.
2. Abbreviation of Because.
3. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.
4. Sake; interest; advantage.
5. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.
6. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
7. 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.
8. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
9. 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.

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cause (part of speech: verb)

origination, engender, give rise to, effect, compunction, generate, drive, execution, basis, generation, engineer, inspire, provoke, effectuation, stimulus, make, inspiration, mainspring, execute, grounds, evoke, factor, root, act, motivate, motive, bring about, motivator, enforcement, compulsion, produce, force, originate, provocation, action, determinant, enforce, elicitation, evocation, source, induce, elicit

compel (part of speech: verb)

daunt, urge, browbeat, coerce, spark, hijack, intimidate, dragoon, pressure, galvanize, propel, compel, impel, dictate, bulldoze, mandate, incite, oblige, press, push, nag, foment, stimulate, bully, goad, stress

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