Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A secondary cause.
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- noun A
secondary cause .
Etymologies
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From by- + cause.
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Examples
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And yf it be lesse, by-cause the more may not be w {i} t {h} - draw ther-fro, borow an vnyte of the next figure that is worth {e} 10.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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