causative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective producing an effect
    • poverty as a causative factor in crime

WordNet

Caus"a*tive adjective
Etymology
L. causativus pertaining to a lawsuit (causa), but in the English sense from E. cause.
Definitions
  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 noun
Definitions
  1. A word which expresses or suggests a cause.

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