The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cause \Cause\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caused; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Causing.] [F. causer, fr. cause, fr. L. causa. See Cause,
   n., and cf. Acouse.]
   To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to
   bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually
   followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite
   verb.
   [1913 Webster]

         I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days.
                                                  --Gen. vii. 4.
   [1913 Webster]

         Cause that it be read also in the church of the
         Laodiceans.                              --Col. iv. 16.

   Syn: To create; produce; beget; effect; occasion; originate;
        induce; bring about.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

causing
    n 1: the act of causing something to happen [syn: causing,
         causation]