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causativize

causativize verb: to make or become causative.

Verb

causativize (third-person singular simple present causativizes, present participle causativizing, simple past and past participle causativized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become causative.

Forms of causativize

third-person singular presentcausativizes
present participlecausativizing
past participlecausativized
pastcausativized

Origin of causativize

From causative + -ize.

Questions about causativize

What does causativize mean?
Causativize means to make or become causative.
What part of speech is causativize?
Causativize is a verb.
What is the past tense of causativize?
The past tense of causativize is causativized.

Words near causativize in the dictionary

  1. causativeness
  2. causatives
  3. causativity
  4. causativization
  5. causativizations
  6. causativize
  7. causativized
  8. causativizes
  9. causativizing
  10. causator
  11. causators

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