causative

Meanings

Adjective

acting as a cause
expressing a cause or causation

Noun

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

Related

Broader meaning words

verb

Origin

From French causatif, from Latin causativus, from causa; see cause and -ive.

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