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Causative   Listen
adjective
Causative  adj.  
1.
Effective, as a cause or agent; causing. "Causative in nature of a number of effects."
2.
Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case.





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"Causative" Quotes from Famous Books



... that original cause which in the end brings about the climax; a principle which, if applied to the story in question, would limit the events and their sequences to those arising either directly or indirectly from the wrong committed by the father's enemy. Since there is no causative connection between the immediate decision of the father to kill his foe, and the developments or discoveries which enable the son to return, the simultaneous occurrence of these unusual things is scarcely natural. ...
— Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 • Howard Phillips Lovecraft


Words linked to "Causative" :   inductive, activating, inducive, errhine, motivating, tributary, contributing, responsible, motive, contributive, fast, responsible for, noncausative, conducive


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