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caus⋅a⋅tive

  [kaw-zuh-tiv]
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–adjective
1. acting as a cause; producing (often fol. by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
2. 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
3. Grammar. a word, esp. a verb, noting causation, as made in He made me eat the apple.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L causātīvus, equiv. 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
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Main Entry: caus·a·tive
Pronunciation: 'ko-z&-tiv
Function: adjective
1 : effective or operating as a cause causative negligent act>
2 : CAUSAL 2 causative link between stress and coronary artery disease —National Law Journal>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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