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
"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
Gaienneñon, B., to fall; gaiennenton, to cause to fall.
From The Iroquois Book of Rites by Hale, Horatio
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)
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
