— causatively , adv. — causativeness, causativity , n.
/kaw"zeuh tiv/ , adj.
1. acting as a cause; producing (often fol. by of ): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
2. Gram. noting causation. The causative form of to fall is to fell. Gothic -jan is a causative suffix in fulljan "to cause to be full; to fill."
n.
3. Gram. a word, esp. a verb, noting causation, as made in He made me eat the apple.
[ 1375-1425; late ME causativus, equiv. to causat ( us ) caused (see CAUSATION) + -ivus -IVE ]