factitive

English

Etymology

From Latin factitāre, from factus, perfect passive participle of facere +‎ -itāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæktɪtɪv/

Adjective

Examples
to make someone be something enslave (“to make someone a slave”)

factitive (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, of a verb) Taking a complement that expresses a result along with a direct object, or inherently implying a complement; or synonymous with causative.
2. (linguistics, of a verb, rare, catachresis) Factive.

Derived terms

• factitively

References

• “factitive, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, April 2016.

French

Adjective

factitive

1. feminine singular of factitif