Causative

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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.
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              Causative in nature of a number of effects. --Bacon.


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     2. Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is
        a causative case.
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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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  causative
       adj : producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in
             crime" [ant: {noncausative}]