causative

Etymology

From French causatif, from Latin causativus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“cause”); see cause.

Adjective

causative (not comparable)

1. acting as a cause
   • Francis Bacon

     Causative in nature of a number of effects.

2. (linguistics) expressing a cause or causation

   The ablative is a causative case.

Noun

causative (plural causatives)

1. (linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).

Further reading

• causative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• causative in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Adjective

causative

1. feminine singular of causatif

Adjective

causative

1. feminine plural of causativo

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