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Definition of: causative
(kô′zə·tiv) adjective
1. Effective as a cause.
2. Gram. Expressing cause or agency; indicating that the subject causes the action: en- in enfeeble is a causative prefix; lay (cause to lie) is a causative verb.
—noun Gram. A form that expresses or suggests causation. [<F causatif <L causativus <causa cause]
—caus′a·tive·ly adverb
—caus′a·tive·ness noun
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