— factitively , adv.
/fak"ti tiv/ , adj. Gram.
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.
[ 1840-50; factitivus, equiv. to factit- (s. of L factitare to do often, practice, declare (someone) to be) + -ivus -IVE ]