causative

Example Sentences

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Causative sentences appear to be governed by the same rules as the preceding.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Williamson, Robert Wood

These other things, wholly mental, or spiritual, if you 62 prefer, are based upon that ‘something’ which does endure, and which I will call the Causative Principle.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

Amount of Food as a Causative Factor.—Frequency, or infrequency, of bowel movements seems to depend to a great degree on the amount eaten.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Causative Factors: Our study of causation in this case, as we intimated at first, is necessarily incomplete.

From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by Healy, William