causĭfĭcor, āri, v. n. [causa-facio],
to allege a cause , to make a pretext or pretence , to pretend (very rare): haut causificor quin eam Ego habeam, I offer no pretext against keeping her , Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 25: blaterans atque causificans, Ap. Met. 10, 9, 7.