"causee" meaning in All languages combined

See causee on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: causees [plural]
Etymology: cause + -ee Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cause|ee}} cause + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} causee (plural causees)
  1. (linguistics) The agent of the caused event in a causative construction. Categories (topical): Linguistics

Inflected forms

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