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causating

causating is the present participle and gerund of causate.

Meaning of causate

Verb

causate (third-person singular simple present causates, present participle causating, simple past and past participle causated)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete, transitive) To cause, originate.
    • This possibility may be explored by future researches involving stricter controls and protracted over longer periods of time so that on the one hand, the graduated development of the said characteristics and, on the other, retardation in the development of these, as causated by experimental doses...1993, S. B. Kakkar, Readings in Educational Psychology, page 404
  2. (intransitive, nonstandard, obsolete) To originate.

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Questions about causating

What is causating the present participle and gerund of?
Causating is the present participle and gerund of causate.

Words near causating in the dictionary

  1. causally
  2. causals
  3. causate
  4. causated
  5. causates
  6. causating
  7. causation
  8. causational
  9. causationism
  10. causationist
  11. causationists

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