Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CAUSATIVE
causative
(adjective) producing an effect; “poverty as a causative factor in crime”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
causative (not comparable)
acting as a cause
(linguistics) expressing a cause or causation
Noun
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).
Hypernyms
• 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
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