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decausativized

decausativized is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about decausativized

What is decausativized the simple past and past participle of?
Decausativized is the simple past and past participle of decausativize.

Words near decausativized in the dictionary

  1. decausativises
  2. decausativising
  3. decausativization
  4. decausativizations
  5. decausativize
  6. decausativized
  7. decausativizes
  8. decausativizing
  9. Decauville
  10. Decauvilles
  11. decavalent

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