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Causative

//ˈkɔːzətɪv// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Acting as a cause. not-comparable

    "Causative in nature of a number of effects."

  2. 2
    Involving, or affected by, causality. not-comparable

    "Such statistical analysis can establish correlation but cannot tell us whether the correlation is proximally causative, distally causative, or noncausative."

  3. 3
    Expressing a cause or causation. not-comparable

    "The ablative is a causative case."

Adjective
  1. 1
    producing an effect wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.

Etymology 2

From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.

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