sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. 
     Adj. owing to; resulting from &c. v.; derivable from; due to; caused
by &c. 153; dependent upon; derived from, evolved from; derivative; hereditary; telegonous[obs3]. 
     Adv. of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently; as a
consequence, in consequence; through, all along of, necessarily, eventually. 
     Phr. cela va sans dire[Fr], “thereby hangs a tale” [Taming of the
Shrew].

     #155. [Assignment of cause] Attribution —­ N. attribution, theory,
etiology, ascription, reference to, rationale; accounting for &c. v; palaetiology|, imputation, derivation from.
     filiation[obs3], affiliation; pedigree &c. (paternity) 166.
     explanation &c. (interpretation) 522; reason why &c. (cause) 153. 
     V. attribute to, ascribe to, impute to, refer to, lay to, point to,
trace to, bring home to; put down to, set down to, blame; charge on, ground on; invest with, assign as cause, lay at, the door of, father upon; account for, derive from, point out the reason &c. 153; theorize; tell how it comes; put the saddle on the right horse. 
     Adj. attributed &c. v.; attributable &c. v.; referable to, referrible
to[obs3], due to, derivable from; owing to &c. (effect) 154; putative; ecbatic[obs3]. 
     Adv. hence, thence, therefore, for, since, on account of, because,
owing to; on that account; from this cause, from that cause; thanks to, forasmuch as; whence, propter hoc[Lat].
     why? wherefore? whence? how comes it, how is it, how happens it? how
does it happen?
     in some way, in some such way; somehow, somehow or other. 
     Phr. that is why; hinc illae lachrymae [Lat][Horace].
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br>      1.  Whewell History of the inductive Sciences, book xviii vol. iii.p.
397 (3d edit.).
     2 The word Chance has two distinct meanings:  the first, the absence
of assignable cause, as above; and the second, the absence of design —­ for the latter see 621. —­>

     #156. [Absence of assignable cause.] Chance. 2 —­ N. chance,
indetermination, accident, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, chance medley, random, luck, raccroc[obs3], casualty, contingence, adventure, hit; fate &c. (necessity) 601; equal chance; lottery; tombola[obs3]; toss up &c. 621; turn of the table, turn of the cards; hazard of the die, chapter of accidents, fickle finger of fate; cast of the dice, throw of the dice; heads or tails, flip of a coin, wheel of Fortune; sortes[obs3], sortes Virgilianae[obs3].
     probability, possibility, odds; long odds, run of luck;
accidentalness; main chance, odds on, favorable odds.
     contingency, dependence (uncertainty) 475; situation (circumstance) 8.
     statistics, theory of Probabilities, theory of Chances; bookmaking;
assurance; speculation, gaming &c. 621. 
     V. chance, hap, turn up; fall to one’s lot; be one’s -fate &c.