Definition of Occasional cause
(Metaph.)
some
circumstance
preceding
an
effect
which
,
without
being
the
real
cause
,
becomes
the
occasion
of
the
action
of
the
efficient
cause
;
thus
,
the
act
of
touching
gunpowder
with
fire
is
the
occasional
,
but
not
the
efficient
,
cause
of
an
explosion
.
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