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English Dictionary: causative by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
causative
adj
  1. producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime"
    Antonym(s): noncausal, noncausative
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Causative \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Causative \Caus"a*tive\ (k[add]"z[adot]*t[icr]v), n.
      A word which expresses or suggests a cause.
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