causative
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“to cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːzətɪv/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General American) enPR: kôʹzə-tĭv, IPA(key): /ˈkɔzətɪv/
- Rhymes: -ɔːzətɪv
- Hyphenation (UK): caus‧at‧ive, (US): caus‧a‧tive
Adjective[edit]
causative (not comparable)
- acting as a cause
- 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], OCLC 932932554:
- Causative in nature of a number of effects.
- (linguistics) expressing a cause or causation
- The ablative is a causative case.
Translations[edit]
acting as a cause
linguistics: expressing cause or causation
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See also[edit]
Noun[edit]
causative (plural causatives)
- (linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).
Hypernyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
linguistics
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Further reading[edit]
- “causative” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “causative” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
causative
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
causative
Anagrams[edit]
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