Causing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cause \Cause\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caused}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Causing}.] [F. causer, fr. cause, fr. L. causa. 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


     verb.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days.
                                                    --Gen. vii. 4.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           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.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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