factitive

factitive
factitively, adv.
/fak"ti tiv/, adj. Gram.
noting or pertaining to verbs that express the idea of making or rendering in a certain way and that take a direct object and an additional word or group of words indicating the result of the process, as made in They made him king.
[1840-50; < NL factitivus, equiv. to factit- (s. of L factitare to do often, practice, declare (someone) to be) + -ivus -IVE]

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  • factitive — adjective Etymology: probably from Latin factitare to do habitually, frequentative of facere Date: 1846 of, relating to, or being a transitive verb that in some constructions requires an objective complement as well as an object • factitively… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • factitive — fac·ti·tive …   English syllables

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