Etymology First attested in 1652; borrowed from Medieval Latin causātus, perfect passive participle of causō (“to cause”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences The effect of a cause.
In the present case, therefore, it now comes closer and closer, in thought, to the first finite; but before taking hold of it, and determining to explore it, the mind proposes, and ruminates, certain middle questions, touching the actual existence of a nexus, and the possibility there is, of discovering the nature, and quality of the nexus, which subsists between the cause, and the causate, or between the infinite, and the first finite.1848, Emanuel Swedenborg, The Philosophy of the Infinite; Outlines on a philosophical argument on the Infinite:
Hence the causing entity exists before the causate.1923, Emanuel Swedenborg, The existence of the human soul:
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It is also causate-- that is, the effect of a cause--because it has had its beginning in something else.1940, Apostolos Makrakēs, A New Philosophy and the philosophical Sciences:
causate
adj
Etymology First attested in 1652; borrowed from Medieval Latin causātus, perfect passive participle of causō (“to cause”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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Obsolete, Rare, As participle Caused, existing due to a certain cause.
A conscientionall, accidentall event..but no appropriate, causate, and observate experiment.1652, John Gaule, Πυς-μαντια, The Mag-Astro-Mancer, or the Magicall-Astrologicall-Diviner posed and puzzled, 103:
causate
verb
Etymology First attested in 1852, in the writings of the poet Philip James Bailey; from cause + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
This possibility may be explored by future researches involving stricter controls and protracted over longer periods of time so that on the one hand, the graduated development of the said characteristics and, on the other, retardation in the development of these, as causated by experimental doses of praise and of reproof, respectively, can be delineated.1993, S. B. Kakkar, Readings in Educational Psychology, page 404:
These studies indicated that variations of the IIP-MF projections...were probably associated with a physiological process inside the hippocampus causating behavioral differences in spacial learning and exploration.1999, Byron C. Jones, Pierre Mormède, Neurobehavioral Genetics: Methods and Applications, page 225:
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According to the Bible, Jesus Christ is the Last Adam who permanently reverses the effects of Original Sin causated by the First Adam.2005, Mark Fernando, Questions You Always Wanted to Ask about Easter Answered, page 83: