factitive

[Lat. fact us, pa. par. of facio.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Causing; tending to make or cause. 2. Gram.: Applied to that relation existing between two words, as between an active verb and its object, when the action expre ed by the verb causes a new state or condition in the object; as The people made him a king . *făc-tive, a. [Lat. fact (us); Eng. suff. -ive .] Making; having power to make. "You are creator-like, factive , and not destructive." Bacon: To the King , let. 276. făc-tō, adv. [Lat. abl. sing. of factum =a deed, a fact.] 1. In fact, in deed, by the act or fact. 2. [DE FACTо.]