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Definitions for: Causative
[adj] producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Causative in nature of a number of effects. --Bacon.
2. Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is
a causative case.
Caus"a*tive (k[add]"z[.a]*t[i^]v), n.
A word which expresses or suggests a cause.
Synonyms: abortifacient, activating(a), actuating(a), anorectic, anorexigenic, borne in upon(p), causal, conducive, contributing(a), contributive, contributory, errhine, inducive, inductive, motivating, motivative(a), motive(a), motor, precipitating(a), responsible, responsible for(p), sternutative, sternutatory
Antonyms: noncausal, noncausative
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