Hypertext Webster Gateway: "causative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Causative in nature of a number of effects. --Bacon.
2. Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is
a causative case.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Causative \Caus"a*tive\ (k[add]"z[.a]*t[i^]v), n.
A word which expresses or suggests a cause.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
causative
adj : producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in
crime" [ant: {noncausative}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.