-facient

American  

1. a combining form meaning “causing” or “inducing” that specified by the initial element.

   parturifacient; somnifacient.

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-facient British  

suffix

1. indicating a state or quality

   absorbefacient

   rubefacient

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Usage

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.

Etymology

Origin of -facient

< Latin , stem of faciēns , present participle of facere to make, do

Example Sentences

Et præfatus Johannes et assignati sui apprenticium suum in arte prædicta meliori modo quo idem Johannes sciverit ac poterit tractabunt docebunt et informabunt, seu ipsum informari facient sufficienter, debito modo castigando, et non aliter.

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Heu, quid ad haec facient oscula, nox et hyems!

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Quid facient crines, quum ferro talia cedant?”

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Nil erit ulterius, quod nostris moribus addat posteritas; eadem facient cupientque minores, omne in praecipiti vitium stetit.

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Post ubi jam valido se poplite sustinet, et jam Rit� loqui didicit, tunc servire incipit, atque Jussa pati, sentitque minas ictusque magistri, S�pe patris matrisque manu fratrisque frequenter Pulsatur: facient quid vitricus atque noverca?

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