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causative

[kaw-zuh-tiv]

Origin

adjective

acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.

Grammar. noting causation. The causative form of to fall is to fell. Gothic -jan is a causative suffix in fulljan “to cause to be full; to fill.”

noun

Grammar. a word, especially a verb, noting causation, as made in He made me eat the apple.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin causātīvus, equivalent to causāt(us) caused (see causation) + -īvus -ive

Related forms

caus·a·tive·ly, adverb

caus·a·tive·ness, caus·a·tiv·i·ty, noun

in·ter·caus·a·tive, adjective

non·caus·a·tive, adjective

non·caus·a·tive·ly, adverb

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non·caus·a·tive·ness, noun

un·caus·a·tive, adjective

un·caus·a·tive·ly, adverb

un·caus·a·tive·ness, noun

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World English Dictionary

causative (ˈkɔːzətɪv)

—*adj* (and foll by of)
1.	grammar relating to a form or class of verbs, such as persuade, that express causation
2.	producing an effect

—n
3.	the causative form or class of verbs

'causatively

—*adv*

'causativeness

—n

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Word Origin & History

causative

c.1420, from Fr. causatif, from L. causativus, from causa (see cause).

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