intransitive verb.
To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
conjunction.
Abbreviation of because.
transitive verb.
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.
noun.
That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
noun.
That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive.
noun.
Sake; interest; advantage.
noun.
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.
noun.
Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.
noun.
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.
noun.
the agent or force that produces a change or result.
noun.
the end, design, or object, for which anything is done.
noun.
the elements of a conception which make the conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the idea viewed as a formative principle and coöperating with the matter.
noun.
that of which anything is made.
noun.
See under Proximate.
noun.
to join with in purposes and aims.