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factitive
[ fak-ti-tiv ]
adjective
Grammar.
- 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.
factitive
/ ˈæɪɪ /
adjective
- grammar denoting a verb taking a direct object as well as a noun in apposition, as for example elect in they elected John president, where John is the direct object and president is the complement
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Derived Forms
- ˈڲپپ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ڲt·پ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of factitive1
1840–50; < New Latin ڲپīܲ, equivalent to factit- (stem of Latin ڲپ to do often, practice, declare (someone) to be) + -īܲ -ive
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of factitive1
C19: from New Latin ڲپīܲ , from Latin ڲپ to do frequently, from facere to do
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Example Sentences
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Cf. etch, which comes, through Dutch, from Ger. ätzen, the factitive of essen, to eat.
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This is also called the predicate objective or the factitive object.
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This word completing a transitive verb is sometimes called a factitive object, or second object, but it is a true complement.
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