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decausativizing

decausativizing is the present participle and gerund 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 decausativizing

What is decausativizing the present participle and gerund of?
Decausativizing is the present participle and gerund of decausativize.

Words near decausativizing in the dictionary

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

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