What does "causative" mean?
Causative: Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case.
Additional senses
- 2.A word which expresses or suggests a cause.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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