ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

154. [Constant sequent.] Effect -- N. effect, consequence; aftergrowth † , aftercome † ;
derivative, derivation; result; resultant, resultance † ; upshot, issue, denouement; end &c
67; development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud.
production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance; creature, creation;
offspring, offshoot; firstfruits † , firstlings; heredity, telegony † ; premices premises † .
V. be the effect of &c n.; be due to, be owing to; originate in, originate from; rise from,
arise, take its rise spring from, proceed from, emanate from, come from, grow from, bud
from, sprout from, germinate from, issue from, flow from, result from, follow from,
derive its origin from, accrue from; come to, come of, come out of; depend upon, hang
upon, hinge upon, turn upon.
take the consequences, sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
Adj. owing to; resulting from &c v.; derivable from; due to; caused by &c 153;
dependent upon; derived from, evolved from; derivative; hereditary; telegonous † .
Adv. of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently; as a consequence, in
consequence; through, all along of, necessarily, eventually.
Phr. cela va sans dire [Fr.], thereby hangs a tale [Taming of the Shrew].
155. [Assignment of cause] Attribution -- N. attribution, theory, etiology, ascription,
reference to, rationale; accounting for &c v.; palaetiology1, imputation, derivation from.
filiation † , affiliation; pedigree &c (paternity) 166.
explanation &c (interpretation) 522; reason why &c (cause) 153.
V. attribute to, ascribe to, impute to, refer to, lay to, point to, trace to, bring home to; put
down to, set down to, blame; charge on, ground on; invest with, assign as cause, lay at,
the door of, father upon; account for, derive from, point out the reason &c 153; theorize;
tell how it comes; put the saddle on the right horse.
Adj. attributed &c v.; attributable &c v.; referable to, referrible to † , due to, derivable
from; owing to &c (effect) 154; putative; ecbatic † .
Adv. hence, thence, therefore, for, since, on account of, because, owing to; on that
account; from this cause, from that cause; thanks to, forasmuch as; whence, propter hoc
[Lat.].
why? wherefore? whence? how comes it, how is it, how happens it? how does it
happen? in some way, in some such way; somehow, somehow or other.
Phr. that is why; hinc illae lachrymae [Lat.] [Horace].
156. [Absence of assignable cause.] Chance -- N. chance, indetermination, accident,
fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, chance medley, random, luck, raccroc † , casualty,
contingence, adventure, hit; fate &c (necessity) 601; equal chance; lottery; tombola † ; toss
up &c 621; turn of the table, turn of the cards; hazard of the die, chapter of accidents,
fickle finger of fate; cast of the dice, throw of the dice; heads or tails, flip of a coin, wheel
of Fortune; sortes † , sortes Virgilianae † .
probability, possibility, odds; long odds, run of luck; accidentalness; main chance,
odds on, favorable odds.
contingency, dependence (uncertainty) 475; situation (circumstance) 8.
statistics, theory of Probabilities, theory of Chances; bookmaking; assurance;
speculation, gaming &c 621.