[UNDER-1 6 b.] A subordinate or secondary cause.
1645. Rutherford, Tryal & Tri. Faith (1845), 385. In regard of irresistible efficacy and success, under-causes … are but idol-causes.
1768–74. Tucker, Lt. Nat. (1834), I. 591. No more than a declaration or record of the causes in act, and operations of under-causes flowing from them.
