About The Word Causative
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Causative
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Causative: See Also | 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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