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Word: Factitive
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from modern Latin factitivus, formed irregularly from Latin factitare, frequentative of facere ‘do, make’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfaktɪtɪv
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a verb) having a sense of causing a result and taking a complement as well as an object, as in he appointed me captain.
Short Definition:(of verb) having sense of causing result
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