Cause :: Cause (v.) 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..
Cause :: Cause (v.) Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.
Cause :: Cause (v.) 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..
Cause :: Cause (n.) 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..
Cause :: Cause (v. i.) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.