Definitions for factitiveˈfæk tɪ tɪv
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fac•ti•tiveˈfæk tɪ tɪv(adj.)
of or pertaining to a verb that expresses the idea of rendering in a certain way and that takes a direct object and an additional word or phrase indicating the result of the process, as made in
They made him king.
Category: Grammar
Origin of factitive:
1840–50; < L factit(āre) to do often
fac′ti•tive•ly(adv.)
Wiktionary
factitive(Adjective)
Causative
factitive(Adjective)
Factive.
Webster Dictionary
Factitive(adj)
causing; causative
Factitive(adj)
pertaining to that relation which is proper when the act, as of a transitive verb, is not merely received by an object, but produces some change in the object, as when we say, He made the water wine
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