causative

To what degree these things are directly causative no one can say.

There are other infective diseases, in which we have not yet found the causative micro-organism, but we presume its existence.

There is always a causative shock or injury, which is followed at once or after an interval by the symptoms of neurasthenia.

Drench is the causative of drink: here the nominative of the verb is ‘Iris’ and the object ‘beds.’

The causative act is—a spiritual and transcendent Mystery, that passeth all understanding.