rare. [f. med.L. causāt- ppl. stem of causāre; see -ATE3.] a. trans. To cause, originate. b. intr. To originate.
1839. Bailey, Festus (1854), 535. That Divinity Wherein all things authentic do causate. Ibid. (1855), Mystic, 135. When unnumbered times Have passed, shall God another world causate.