cause to fall
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Librettist Samuel Taylor takes two not very appealing people, has them fall in love for no particular reason, and gives playgoers no special cause to fall in love with them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Aseñon, B., to fall; asenhton, ib., to cause to fall.
From The Iroquois Book of Rites by Hale, Horatio
To obtain these they encircle in their embrace the trees which are young and flexible, and, shaking them violently, enjoy the fruit which they thus cause to fall.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
Him will I cause to fall into a deep sleep and hide in Cythera or Idalium, and do thou for one night take upon thee his likeness.
From The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) by Various
Aual, imp. s. fell, cause to fall, S; see A-fallen.
From A Concise Dictionary of Middle English From A.D. 1150 to 1580 by Mayhew, A. L. (Anthony Lawson)
