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
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 A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
Aseñon, B., to fall; asenhton, ib., to cause to fall.
From The Iroquois Book of Rites by Horatio Hale
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 H. W. (Henry William) Lee
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 J. J. (John Jacob) Thomas
