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-facient
- a combining form meaning “causing” or “inducing” that specified by the initial element:
parturifacient; somnifacient.
-facient
suffix forming adjectives
- indicating a state or quality
rubefacient
absorbefacient
Word History and Origins
Origin of -facient1
Word History and Origins
Origin of -facient1
Example Sentences
Et si abbas non venerit facient finem cum celerario si voluerit vel cum alii quem Abbas nomine suo miserit ad minus 20 solidis.
Drace, pererrati quem novit terminus orbis, Quemque simul mundi vidit uterque Polus; Si taceant homines, facient te sidera notum.
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Words That Use -facient
What does -facient mean?
The combining form -facient is used like a suffix meaning “causing” or “inducing.” It is very occasionally used in scientific terms, especially in medicine.
The form -facient comes from Latin facere, meaning “to make” or “to do.” Facere is also the source of the stems fac-, fact-, fect-, and fic-, as in facility and faculty, fact and factor, affection and infect, and beneficial and sacrifice. Find out more by visiting all eight entries!
What are variants of -facient?
Though -facient has no variants, it is related to the combining forms -fex, -fic, -fication, -fy, and -ify. To learn more, check out our Words That Use articles for all five forms.
Examples of -facient
One example of a scientific term that uses the form -facient is immunifacient, “producing immunity.”
The immuni- portion of the word is a shortened form of immunity. As we have seen, -facient means “causing” or “inducing.” Immunifacient literally translates to “causing immunity.”
What are some words that use the combining form -facient?
- abortifacient
- absorbefacient
- motofacient
- tumefacient (using the equivalent form of -facient in Latin)
What are some other forms that -facient may be commonly confused with?
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Given the meaning of -facient, what does absorbefacient mean?
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