I. ˈfaktəd.]iv, -tət] adjective
Etymology: New Latin factitivus, irregular from Latin factus (past participle of facere to make, do) + -ivus -ive — more at do
1.
a. : being or relating to a transitive verb that in certain constructions requires besides its object an objective complement (as in “he made the water wine”, “they called him Teddy”, “boil the eggs hard”)
b. : serving as objective predicate
a factitive adjective
the factitive object in this sentence
2. : indicating that the subject of a verb causes an action to be performed or a condition to come into being — compare causative
• fac·ti·tive·ly ]ə̇vlē, -li\ adverb
II. noun
( -s )
: a factitive verb