| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Making; having power to make.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb factively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (factively) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective factive.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FACTIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Note: Factive \Fac"tive\, adjective. Making; having power to make. [obsolete]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FACTIVE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Making; having power to make.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] (linguistics, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims assumed to be true. You can't say he "discovered" that the moon is made of green cheese, because "discover" is a factive verb and the moon isn't made of green cheese. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
