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CAUSATIVE

\kˈɔːsətˌɪv], \kˈɔːsətˌɪv], \k_ˈɔː_s_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\

Definitions of CAUSATIVE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Effective as an agency or cause.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Producing an effect: causing.
CAUSATIVELY.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Effective as a cause; expressing cause; causal.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

That expresses a cause or reason.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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