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  1. factiveadjective

    Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims assumed to be true.

    You can't say he "discovered" that the moon is made of green cheese, because "discover" is a factive verb and the moon isn't made of green cheese.

  2. factiveadjective

    which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.

  3. Etymology: From fact and -ive.

Wikipedia

  1. factive

    Gemifloxacin mesylate (trade name Factive, Oscient Pharmaceuticals) is an oral broad-spectrum quinolone antibacterial agent used in the treatment of acute bacterial exacerbation of chronic bronchitis and mild-to-moderate pneumonia. Vansen Pharma Inc. has licensed the active ingredient from LG Life Sciences of Korea.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Factiveadjective

    making; having power to make

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of factive in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of factive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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