causative

From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“to cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːzətɪv/
• (General American) enPR: kôʹzə-tĭv, IPA^(key): /ˈkɔzətɪv/
• Rhymes: -ɔːzətɪv
• Hyphenation (UK): caus‧at‧ive, (US): caus‧a‧tive

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.

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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).

• verb

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

causative

1. feminine singular of causatif

causative

1. feminine plural of causativo

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