English Dictionary: causative | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for causative | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. |