"decausativize" meaning in All languages combined

See decausativize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: decausativizes [present, singular, third-person], decausativizing [participle, present], decausativized [participle, past], decausativized [past], decausativise [alternative]
Etymology: From de- + causative + -ize. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|de|causative|ize}} de- + causative + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} decausativize (third-person singular simple present decausativizes, present participle decausativizing, simple past and past participle decausativized)
  1. (linguistics, of a causative verb) To function in manner that is not causative (e.g. The causative verb "melt" in He melts the ice decausativizes in The ice melts).

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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