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Causative

Causative Meaning & Definition
Causative Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Causative?

[adj] producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Causative: abortifacient | activating(a) | actuating(a) | anorectic | anorexigenic | borne in upon(p) | causal | conducive | contributing(a) | contributive | contributory | errhine | inducive | inductive | motivating | motivative(a) | motive(a) | motor | precipitating(a) | responsible | responsible for(p) | sternutative | sternutatory

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Causative In Webster's Dictionary

\Caus"a*tive\, a. [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\ (k[add]"z[.a]*t[i^]v), n. A word which expresses or suggests a cause.

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