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1. (adj.) factitive
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.
Etymology: (1840–50; < L factit(āre) to do often)
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1. (adj) factitive
causing; causative
2. (adj) factitive
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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