causative
(adjective) producing an effect; “poverty as a causative factor in crime”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
causative (not comparable)
acting as a cause
(linguistics) expressing a cause or causation
causative (plural causatives)
(linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).
• verb
Source: Wiktionary
Caus"a*tive, a. Etym: [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.
Caus"a*tive, n.
Definition: A word which expresses or suggests a cause.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
