'Causative' definitions:
Definition of 'causative'
From: WordNet
adjective
Producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime" [ant: noncausal, noncausative]
Definition of 'Causative'
From: GCIDE
- Causative \Caus"a*tive\, a. [L. causativus pertaining to a lawsuit (causa), but in the English sense from E. cause.]
- 1. Effective, as a cause or agent; causing. [1913 Webster]
- Causative in nature of a number of effects. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Causative'
From: GCIDE
- Causative \Caus"a*tive\ (k[add]"z[.a]*t[i^]v), n. A word which expresses or suggests a cause. [1913 Webster]