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单词 factitive
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Definition of factitive in English:

factitive

adjective ˈfaktɪtɪvˈfæktədɪv
Linguistics
  • (of a verb) having a sense of causing a result and taking a complement as well as an object, as in he appointed me captain.

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    Example sentencesExamples
    • "The boy popped the balloon," is factitive, because "balloon" is a factitive object, that is, an object changed by the verb "popped."
    • Dutch has two factitive verbs, vernieten and vernietigen, which both denote "destroy" and appear in the same range of uses and collocations.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from modern Latin factitivus, formed irregularly from Latin factitare, frequentative of facere 'do, make'.

Definition of factitive in US English:

factitive

adjectiveˈfæktədɪvˈfaktədiv
Linguistics
  • (of a verb) having a sense of causing a result and taking a complement as well as an object, as in he appointed me captain.

    〔语言学〕(动词)使役的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • "The boy popped the balloon," is factitive, because "balloon" is a factitive object, that is, an object changed by the verb "popped."
    • Dutch has two factitive verbs, vernieten and vernietigen, which both denote "destroy" and appear in the same range of uses and collocations.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from modern Latin factitivus, formed irregularly from Latin factitare, frequentative of facere ‘do, make’.

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