Meaning of CAUSATIVE
| Pronunciation: | | 'kozutiv
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| | Definition: | | [adj] producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime" |
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| | Synonyms: | | 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 |
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| | Antonyms: | | noncausal, noncausative | | |
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\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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