CAUSATIVE


Meaning of CAUSATIVE in English

■ adjective

1》 acting as a cause.

2》 Grammar expressing causation.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

Origin

ME: from OFr. causatif , -ive , or late L. causativus , from causare 'to cause'.

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