factitive

[ fak-ti-tiv ]

adjective

, Grammar.

1. 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

/ ˈfæktɪtɪv /

adjective

1. 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

Derived Forms

• ˈfactitively, adverb

Other Words From

• facti·tive·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of factitive¹

1840–50; < New Latin factitīvus, equivalent to factit- (stem of Latin factitāre to do often, practice, declare (someone) to be) + -īvus -ive

Word History and Origins

Origin of factitive¹

C19: from New Latin factitīvus , from Latin factitāre to do frequently, from facere to do

Example Sentences

Cf. etch, which comes, through Dutch, from Ger. ätzen, the factitive of essen, to eat.

From Project Gutenberg

This is also called the predicate objective or the factitive object.

From Project Gutenberg

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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