causative

From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“to cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːzətɪv/

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• (General American) enPR: kôʹzə-tĭv, IPA^(key): /ˈkɔzətɪv/, [ˈkɔ.zə.ɾɪv]
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑzətɪv/, [ˈkɑ.zə.ɾɪv]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːzətɪv/, [ˈkoː.zə.ɾɪv]
• Rhymes: -ɔːzətɪv
• Hyphenation (UK): caus‧at‧ive, (US): caus‧a‧tive

causative (not comparable)

1. Acting as a cause.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:

     Causative in nature of a number of effects.

2. 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.

3. (linguistics) Expressing a cause or causation.

   The ablative is a causative case.

• noncausative

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causative (plural causatives)

1. (linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).

• verb

• “causative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “causative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): /ko.za.tiv/

causative

1. feminine singular of causatif

• IPA^(key): /kaw.zaˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: cau‧sa‧tì‧ve

causative

1. feminine plural of causativo

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