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
Such a ruler, of course, the serpents that had only been "scotched, but not killed," by the stern procedures of Governor Gordon, could wind round, beguile, and finally cause to fall.
From West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas by Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob)
"Let the great be blessed for the joy they cause to fall on the world like refreshing dews."
From Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah by Lumley, Benjamin
Fell, fel, v.t. to cause to fall: to bring to the ground: to cut down.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 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)
