| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Causing; causative.[Websters]
2. Pertaining to that relation which is proper when the act, as of a transitive verb, is not merely received by an object, but produces some change in the object, as when we say, He made the water wine.[Websters] 3. Being causative or causal. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb factitively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (factitively) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective factitive.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FACTITIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Factitive \Fac"ti*tive\ adjective. [See Fact.]. (references) |
