Associations to the word «Causative»

Wiktionary

CAUSATIVE, adjective. Acting as a cause
CAUSATIVE, adjective. (linguistics) expressing a cause or causation
CAUSATIVE, noun. (linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).

Dictionary definition

CAUSATIVE, adjective. Producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke