Causative Definition

kôzə-tĭv
adjective
Producing an effect; causing.
Webster's New World
Functioning as an agent or cause.
American Heritage
Designating a word or form that expresses causation.
“fell” is a causative verb meaning “to cause to fall”
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
noun
A causative word or form.
Webster's New World

(linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (to be in a certain condition).

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Other Word Forms of Causative

Noun

Singular:
causative
Plural:
causatives

Origin of Causative

  • From French causatif, from Latin causativus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“cause”); see cause.

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Causative Sentence Examples

  • Another explanation, which appears first in Jewish authors of the middle ages and has found wide acceptance in recent times, derives the name from the causative of the verb; He (who) causes things to be, gives them being; or calls events into existence, brings them to pass; with many individual modifications of interpretation - creator, lifegiver, fulfiller of promises.

  • Other common causative organisms include other Gram-negative aerobes, Streptococcus spp. and anaerobes.

  • At the end of the day they were not causative.

  • However, such infections are hardly a causative death factor in infants not affected by death.

  • The document outlines the causative agents of West Nile Virus, disease transmission, clinical signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

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Words Starting With

CCACAU

Words Ending With

EVEIVE

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Words Starting With C and Ending With E

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