Word Meanings - DEFAIL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To cause fail.

CAUSEFUL
Having a cause.
CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
CAUSERIE
Informal talk or discussion, as about literary matters; light conversation; chat.
CAUSER
One who or that which causes.
CAUSELESS
1. Self-originating; uncreated. 2. Without just or sufficient reason; groundless. My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham.
CAUSE
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. 5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general. What counsel give
CAUSEWAY; CAUSEY
A way or road rasid above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. But that broad causeway will direct your way. Dryden. The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. Milton. (more
CAUSELESSNESS
The state of being causeless.
CAUSEUSE
A kind of sofa for two person. A tête-a-tête.
UNCAUSED
Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal. A. Baxter.
BECAUSE
1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton. 2. In order that; that. And the multitude rebuked them because they should hold their peace. Matt. xx. 31. Because of, by reason of, on account of. Because of these
CONCAUSE
A joint cause. Fotherby.