causate

causate · noun, adjective¹

1. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromcausātus
2. English todaycausate

First attested in 1652; borrowed from Medieval Latin causātus, perfect passive participle of causō (“to cause”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

causate · verb²

First attested in 1852, in the writings of the poet Philip James Bailey; from cause + -ate (verb-forming suffix).