causĭfĭcor — Lewis & Short
causĭfĭcor, āri, v. n.causa-facio,
I 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,App. M. 10, p. 242.