causative
Indicating induced action
Causative describes something that causes or brings about an effect: Smoking is a causative factor in lung cancer.
In grammar, a causative verb expresses making something happen rather than doing it directly—"feed" is causative because it means to cause someone to eat.
The causative form appears in many languages as a distinct verb construction.
Taking a direct object
- intransitiveVerb requiring no object
- valencyAtom's bonding capacity
- accusativeCase for direct objects
- voiceSound from throat
morpheme · affix · suffix · derivational · periphrastic · construction · alternation · labile
Make or manufacture
- generateCause to come into being
- engenderCause to arise
- induceCause or persuade
- provokeIncite a response
elicit · trigger · spark · precipitate · bring about · give rise to · result in · lead to
Undeviating or to guide
- indirectNot straight or immediate
- lexicalOf or relating to words
- periphrasticExpressed through excess words
- analyticExamining by decomposition
synthetic · coercive · permissive · assistive · accomplishment · achievement · change of state
One who acts independently
- causerOne who produces effects
- instigatorOne who provokes action
- initiatorOne who starts something
- actorOne who portrays characters
originator · catalyst · effector · force · instrument · means · source · stimulus
transitive
Taking a direct object
- intransitiveVerb requiring no object
- valencyAtom's bonding capacity
- accusativeCase for direct objects
voice · morpheme · affix · suffix · derivational · periphrastic · construction · alternation · labile · applicative
produce
Make or manufacture
provoke · elicit · trigger · spark · precipitate · bring about · give rise to · result in · lead to · occasion
make
To bring into being
force · compel · enable · allow · permit · help · prevent · keep · leave · set
direct
Undeviating or to guide
- indirectNot straight or immediate
- lexicalOf or relating to words
- periphrasticExpressed through excess words
analytic · synthetic · coercive · permissive · assistive · accomplishment · achievement · change of state
agent
One who acts independently
- causerOne who produces effects
- instigatorOne who provokes action
- initiatorOne who starts something
actor · originator · catalyst · effector · force · instrument · means · source · stimulus · provocateur
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causativespontaneous
Arising without external cause
stative · passive · self-caused · effectual · consequential
- disease causationHow illnesses originate
- mental causationMind affecting physical events