Hypertext Webster Gateway: "causeless"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Causeless \Cause"less\, a.
1. Self-originating; uncreated.

2. Without just or sufficient reason; groundless.

My fears are causeless and ungrounded. --Denham.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Causeless \Cause"less\, adv.
Without cause or reason.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

causeless
adj 1: having no justifying cause or reason; "a senseless,
causeless murder"; "a causeless war that never had an
aim"; "an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change"
[syn: {reasonless}]
2: having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle";
"fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we
cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and
unrelated to the times" [syn: {fortuitous}, {uncaused}]


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