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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
caseCaus′a-tive
(ka̤′zȧ-tĭv)
, Noun.
A word which expresses or suggests a cause.
Webster 1828 Edition
Causative
CAUSATIVE
,Adj.
Definition 2025
causative
causative
English
Adjective
causative (not comparable)
- acting as a cause
- Francis Bacon
- Causative in nature of a number of effects.
- Francis Bacon
- (linguistics) expressing a cause or causation
- The ablative is a causative case.
Noun
causative (plural causatives)
- (linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).
Hypernyms
Translations
causing or forcing
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