- (formal)
acting as the cause of something Topics Change, cause and effectc1成为原因的;起因的 - (
grammar )语法 a causative verb expresses a cause, for example blacken, which means ‘to cause to become black’ compare ergative, inchoative使役的(动词,如 blacken)
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French causatif, -ive, or late Latin causativus, from causare ‘to cause’.