causative

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: caus=a=tive

CIDE DICTIONARY

causative, a. [L. causativus pertaining to a lawsuit (causa), but in the English sense from E. cause.].

•  Effective, as a cause or agent; causing.  [1913 Webster]

  "Causative in nature of a number of effects."  [1913 Webster]
•  Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case.  [1913 Webster]

causative, n. 

 A word which expresses or suggests a cause.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

causative, adj.
1 acting as cause.
2 (foll. by of) producing; having as effect.
3 Gram. expressing cause.

Derivative

causatively adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF causatif or f. LL causativus: see CAUSATION