cause (v.) Copy link Outline 1. făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3 (foll. by ut, when the object is a sentence)2. effĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (constr. same as facio3. cūro, 1 (of that which any one orders or secures the doing of4. crĕo, 1 (to make, produce5. mŏveo6. cĭeo, cīvi, cĭtum, 2 (to stir up, excite)7. concĭeo, 2 (stronger than the simple verb) • cause (v.): 1. făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3 (foll. by ut, when the object is a sentence): I will c. him to remember the day, faciam ut ejus diei meminerit, Pl.: to c. delay, moram f., Cic.: poet. with infin.: you have c.d me to behold the death of my son with my own eyes, nati coram me cernere letum fecisti, Virg.: to c. any one's destruction, perniciem alicui f., Tac. 2. effĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (constr. same as facio: also sometimes foll. by ne): this c.d it to be possible for provisions to be brought to him, quae res commeatus ut ad eum portari possent efficiebat, Caes.: Cic.: with inf.: to c. things to unite, res coire eff., Vitr.: v. to bring about. 3. cūro, 1 (of that which any one orders or secures the doing of: with acc. of gerund or gerundive): he c.s a bridge to be made over the Arar, pontem in Arari faciundum curat, Caes.: Cic. 4. crĕo, 1 (to make, produce: q. v.): to c. griefs, aerumnas c., Pl.: to c. luxury, luxuriam c., Cic. 5. mŏveo: v. to excite. 6. cĭeo, cīvi, cĭtum, 2 (to stir up, excite): to c. motions, motus c., Cic.: Plin. 7. concĭeo, 2 (stronger than the simple verb): to c. the tide, aestum c., Lucr.: to c. various emotions of the soul, varios motus animorum c., Tac. Phr.: to c. any one trouble, alicui molestiam exhibere, Cic.: to c. delay, alicui cunctationem injicere, Liv.; Pl.: to c. hatred, odium parere, Ter.: to c. alarm to the enemy, terrorem hosti objicere, Liv.: v. to excite, produce, create.