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decausativise

decausativise is the alternative form of decausativize.

Meaning of decausativize

Verb

decausativize (third-person singular simple present decausativizes, present participle decausativizing, simple past and past participle decausativized)

  1. To function in manner that is not causative (e.g. The causative verb "melt" in He melts the ice decausativizes in The ice melts).
    • Levin and Rappaport (1995) argue that causative verbs can decausativize when the eventualities described come about spontaneously without the external intervention of an agent.1998, Lexical Network Approach to Verbal Semantics, page 219

Forms of decausativise

third-person singular presentdecausativises
present participledecausativising
past participledecausativised
pastdecausativised

Questions about decausativise

What is decausativise the alternative form of?
Decausativise is the alternative form of decausativize.

Words near decausativise in the dictionary

  1. decaudates
  2. decaudating
  3. decaudation
  4. decausativisation
  5. decausativisations
  6. decausativise
  7. decausativised
  8. decausativises
  9. decausativising
  10. decausativization
  11. decausativizations

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