資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cause \Cause\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caused}; p. pr. & v. 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.

         I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days.
                                                  --Gen. vii. 4.

         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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

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