Uncause
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Absence of cause uncountable
"Origin, in the last resort, means uncause. If what has taken form acknowledges no continuity, no inheritance, no necessity, then what has taken form, again in the extremest meaning, is a beginning."
- 1 To revert or undo the causing of an act or action transitive
"The truth is simply this: that which causes marriage also uncauses it."
- 2 To block or withstand the causing of an act or action transitive
"It is conceptually wrong to assert that a person makes a causal contribution to an act and its consequences when it is already being caused by others, simply because she fails to do some other act to uncause what is in progress."
Example
More examples"The truth is simply this: that which causes marriage also uncauses it."
Etymology
From un- (“reverse, undo”) + cause (verb).
From un- (“negative, contrary”) + cause (verb).
From un- + cause (noun).
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