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单词 causative
释义 caus·a·tive
I. \ˈkȯzəd.iv, -ətiv\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin causativus, from Latin causa + -atus -ate + -ivus -ive
1. : effective or operating as a cause or agent : causing
 < poverty as a causative factor in crime >
2. of a linguistic form or set of linguistic forms : expressing cause
 < causative case >
 < causative mood >
specifically : indicating that the subject of a verb causes an act to be performed or a condition to come into being
 < the causative verb fell, meaning “cause to fall” >
 < the causative suffix -en in darken, meaning “cause to be dark” >
caus·a·tive·ly adverb
caus·a·tiv·i·ty \ˌkȯzəˈtivəd.ē, -ətēˌ -i\ noun -es
II. noun
(-s)
: a causative word or form
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