CAUSATIVE

causative. Causative, a. expressive of some cause or reason

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Caus″a‐tive (?), a. [[L. causativus pertaining to a lawsuit (causa), but in the English sense from E. cause.]] 1. 1. Effective, as a cause or agent; causing.
Causative in nature of a number of effects. Bacon. 2. 2. Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case.