To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
To set off an event or action.
Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
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.
The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.
To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; generally in the passive.
To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
To end; to come to an end.
to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)
To bring to an end; to close; to finish.