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CAUSE |
Motive, reason |
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SCORE |
Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf. |
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OCCASION |
A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion. |
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CONSIDERATION |
That which is, or should be, taken into account as a
ground of opinion or action; motive; reason. |
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SPRING |
To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to
result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle. |
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PRETEXT |
Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color
or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise. |
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OSTENSIBLE |
Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed;
apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible
reason, motive, or aim. |
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REFER |
...ess; to
assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of
explanation; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturba... |
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FOR |
Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action;
the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state;
the reason of... |
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ACCOUNT |
...used simply for reason,
ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every
account, on all accounts. ... |
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SAKE |
Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive;
reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly
in such phrases a... |