causative

adj

1. (not-comparable)Acting as a cause.

   “Causative in nature of a number of effects.”

2. (not-comparable)Involving, or affected by, causality.

   “Such statistical analysis can establish correlation but cannot tell us whether the correlation is proximally causative, distally causative, or noncausative.”

3. (not-comparable)Expressing a cause or causation.

   “The ablative is a causative case.”

noun

1. An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).