causative

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

< Latin causativus (causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative) < causa (cause); see cause.

[edit] Adjective

causative (not comparable)

Positive
causative

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Acting as a cause.

[edit] Noun

Singular
causative

Plural
causatives

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).

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[edit] Adjective

causative f.

  1. Feminine plural form of causativo.