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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fac•ti•tive (fak′ti tiv),USA pronunciation adj. Grammarnoting 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.- Neo-Latin factitīvus, equivalent. to factit- (stem of Latin factitāre to do often, practice, declare (someone) to be) + -īvus -ive
- 1840–50
fac′ti•tive•ly, adv.
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