#153. [Constant antecedent].  Cause.—­ N. cause, origin, source,
principle, element; occasioner[obs3], prime mover, primum mobile[Lat]; vera causa[Lat]; author &c. (producer) 164; mainspring; agent; leaven; groundwork, foundation &c. (support) 215.
     spring, fountain, well, font; fountainhead, spring head, wellhead;
fons et origo[Lat], genesis; descent &c. (paternity) 166; remote cause; influence.
     pivot, hinge, turning point, lever, crux, fulcrum; key; proximate
cause, causa causans[Lat]; straw that breaks the camel’s back.
     ground; reason, reason why; why and wherefore, rationale, occasion,
derivation; final cause &c. (intention) 620; les dessous des cartes[Fr]; undercurrents.
     rudiment, egg, germ, embryo, bud, root, radix radical, etymon,
nucleus, seed, stem, stock, stirps, trunk, tap-root, gemmule[obs3], radicle, semen, sperm.
     nest, cradle, nursery, womb, nidus, birthplace, hotbed.
     causality, causation; origination; production &c. 161. 
     V. be the cause &c. n of; originate; give origin to, give rise, to,
give occasion to; cause, occasion, sow the seeds of, kindle, suscitate[obs3]; bring on, bring to bring pass, bring about; produce; create &c. 161; set up, set afloat, set on foot; found, broach, institute, lay the foundation of; lie at the root of.
     procure, induce, draw down, open the door to, superinduce, evoke,
entail, operate; elicit, provoke.
     conduce to &c. (tend to) 176; contribute; have a hand in the pie, have
a finger in the pie; determine, decide, turn the scale; have a common origin; derive its origin &c. (effect) 154. 
     Adj. caused &c. v; causal, original; primary, primitive, primordial;
aboriginal; protogenal[obs3]; radical; embryonic, embryotic[obs3]; in embryo, in ovo[Lat]; seminal, germinal; at the bottom of; connate, having a common origin. 
     Adv. because &c. 155; behind the scenes. 
     Phr. causa latet vis est notissima [Lat][Ovid]; felix qui potuit rerum
cognoscere causas [Lat][Vergil].

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     #154. [Constant sequent.] Effect.—­ N. effect, consequence;
aftergrowth[obs3], aftercome[obs3]; derivative, derivation; result; resultant, resultance[obs3]; upshot, issue, denouement; end &c. 67; development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud.
     production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance; creature,
creation; offspring, offshoot; firstfruits[obs3], firstlings; heredity, telegony[obs3]; premices premises[obs3]. 
     V. be the effect of &c. n.; be due to, be owing to; originate in,
originate from; rise -, arise, take its rise spring from, proceed from, emanate from, come from, grow from, bud from, sprout from, germinate from, issue from, flow from, result from, follow from, derive its origin from, accrue from; come to, come of, come out of; depend upon, hang upon, hinge upon, turn upon.
     take the consequences,