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「ケガはないかい?」ハリーを引っ張り上げて立たせながらケンタウルスが声をかけた。

Please help me understand why they used imperative form (立たせ) in this sentence. I thought it is only used to give out order, request... and rarely used in writing language ?

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This 立たせ isn't imperative form but causative. 立たせろ is imperative form of causative. 立たせる is causative and it means "to make someone stand".

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  • So causative from drop its る when it is used with ながら ?
    – Narutokage
    Oct 9, 2016 at 14:57
  • Causative verbs became 連用形(continuous form) before this usage of ながら. It is 立たせ in the case of 立たせる.
    – Yuuichi Tam
    Oct 9, 2016 at 15:19

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