Causative verb. The English language has, in fact, evolved a special verb form to make people avoid acknowledging responsibility—if only for the moment—when caught in such situations. That verb form is the causative verb, which carries out an action that causes another action to happen. Factitive verb. Like the causative verb, another type of verb that exhibits peculiar behavior is the so-called factitive verb.

Source: Manila Times January 10, 2024 16:55 UTC