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Dictionary Results for final cause: |
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
final cause
n 1: (philosophy) the end or purpose of a thing or process
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Cause \Cause\ (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf.
Cause, v., Kickshaw.]
1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which
anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
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Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to
make one thing begin to be. --Locke.
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2. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground;
reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.
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3. Sake; interest; advantage. [Obs.]
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I did it not for his cause. --2 Cor. vii.
12.
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4. (Law) 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.
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5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question;
affair in general.
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What counsel give you in this weighty cause! --Shak.
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6. 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.
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God befriend us, as our cause is just. --Shak.
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The part they take against me is from zeal to the
cause. --Burke.
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Efficient cause, the agent or force that produces a change
or result.
Final cause, the end, design, or object, for which anything
is done.
Formal cause, 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 cooperating with
the matter.
Material cause, that of which anything is made.
Proximate cause. See under Proximate.
To make common cause with, to join with in purposes and
aims. --Macaulay.
Syn: Origin; source; mainspring; motive; reason; incitement;
inducement; purpose; object; suit; action.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Final \Fi"nal\ (f[imac]"nal), a. [F., fr. L. finalis, fr. finis
boundary, limit, end. See Finish.]
1. Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating;
ultimate; as, the final day of a school term.
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Yet despair not of his final pardon. --Milton.
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2. Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of
Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue.
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3. Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the
purpose or ultimate end in view.
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Final cause. See under Cause.
Syn: Final, Conclusive, Ultimate.
Usage: Final is now appropriated to that which brings with it
an end; as, a final adjustment; the final judgment,
etc. Conclusive implies the closing of all discussion,
negotiation, etc.; as, a conclusive argument or fact;
a conclusive arrangement. In using ultimate, we have
always reference to something earlier or proceeding;
as when we say, a temporary reverse may lead to an
ultimate triumph. The statements which a man finally
makes at the close of a negotiation are usually
conclusive as to his ultimate intentions and designs.
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