connexive

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   The logic of the theory, however, would permit a distinction to be drawn between true or originating “first” causes, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the connexive sequences, sometimes called “causes”, that merely depend upon such origins.

   1940, John Laird, chapter VII, in Theism and Cosmology, Ayer Publishing, page 215

plural connexives

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