3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Causative \Caus"a*tive\ (k[add]"z[.a]*t[i^]v), n. A word which expresses or suggests a cause. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: causative adj : producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime" [ant: {noncausative}]
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