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Webster 1913 Edition


Causative

Caus′a-tive

,
Adj.
[L.
causativus
pertaining to a lawsuit (
causa
), but in the English sense from E.
cause
.]
1.
Effective, as a cause or agent; causing.
Causative
in nature of a number of effects.
Bacon.
2.
Expressing a cause or reason; causal;
as, the ablative is a
causative
case
.

Caus′a-tive

(ka̤′zȧ-tĭv)
,
Noun.
A word which expresses or suggests a cause.

Webster 1828 Edition


Causative

CAUSATIVE

,
Adj.
That expresses a cause or reason; also, that effects as a cause.

Definition 2024


causative

causative

English

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).

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French

Adjective

causative

  1. feminine singular of causatif

Italian

Adjective

causative

  1. feminine plural of causativo

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