causative.
Acting as a cause.
Meaning & usage
Acting as a cause.
Involving, or affected by, causality.
Such statistical analysis can establish correlation but cannot tell us whether the correlation is proximally causative, distally causative, or noncausative.
Expressing a cause or causation.
The ablative is a causative case.
Where this word comes from
From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.
An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).
Where this word comes from
From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.
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