PROCATARCTIC
Pro`cat*arc"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. procatarctique. ] (Med.)
Definition: Beginning; predisposing; exciting; initial. [Obs.]
Note: The words procatarctic causes have been used with different significations. Thus they have been employed synonymously with prime causes, exciting causes, and predisposing or remote causes. The physician inquires into the procatarctic causes. Harvey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
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