causative

1. 1

   Acting as a cause.not-comparable

   • Causative in nature of a number of effects.
2. 2

   Involving, or affected by, causality.not-comparable

   • Such statistical analysis can establish correlation but cannot tell us whether the correlation is proximally causative, distally causative, or noncausative.
3. 3

   Expressing a cause or causation.not-comparable

   • The ablative is a causative case.

ant. noncausative

1. 1

   An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).