causal

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: caus=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

causal, a. [L. causalis. See Cause.].

 Relating to a cause or causes; inplying or containing a cause or causes; expressing a cause; causative.  [1913 Webster]
"Causal propositions are where two propositions are joined by causal words."  [1913 Webster]

causal, n. 

 A causal word or form of speech.  [1913 Webster]
"Anglo-Saxon drencan to drench, causal of Anglo-Saxon drincan to drink."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

causal, adj.
1 of, forming, or expressing a cause or causes.
2 relating to, or of the nature of, cause and effect.

Derivative

causally adv.

Etymology

LL causalis: see CAUSE

ROGET THESAURUS

causal

Cause

N cause, origin, source, principle, element, occasioner, prime mover, primum mobile, vera causa, author, mainspring, agent, leaven, groundwork, foundation, spring, fountain, well, font, fountainhead, spring head, wellhead, fons et origo, genesis, descent, remote cause, influence, pivot, hinge, turning point, lever, crux, fulcrum, key, proximate cause, causa causans, straw that breaks the camel's back, ground, reason, reason why, why and wherefore, rationale, occasion, derivation, final cause, les dessous des cartes, undercurrents, rudiment, egg, germ, embryo, bud, root, radix radical, etymon, nucleus, seed, stem, stock, stirps, trunk, tap-root, gemmule, radicle, semen, sperm, nest, cradle, nursery, womb, nidus, birthplace, hotbed, causality, causation, origination, production, caused, causal, original, primary, primitive, primordial, aboriginal, protogenal, radical, embryonic, embryotic, in embryo, in ovo, seminal, germinal, at the bottom of, connate, having a common origin, because, behind the scenes, causa latet vis est notissima, felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.