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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Causative \Caus"a*tive\, adjective [L. causativus pertaining to a lawsuit (causa), but in the English sense from E. cause.]
1. Effective, as a cause or agent; causing.
Causative in nature of a number of effects. --Bacon.
2. Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Causative \Caus"a*tive\ (k[add]"z[.a]*t[i^]v), noun A word which expresses or suggests a cause.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
causative
adjective: producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime" [ant: {noncausative}]
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