causative: Meaning and Definition of

caus•a•tive

1. acting as a cause; producing (often fol. by of&hasp;): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
2. noting causation. The causative form of to fall is to fell. Gothic -jan is a causative suffix in fulljan “to cause to be full; to fill.”

1. a word, esp. a verb, noting causation, as made in He made me eat the apple.