| 释义 |
factitive, a. and n. Gram.|ˈfæktɪtɪv|
[ad. mod.L. factitīv-us, irregularly f. fact- ppl. stem of facĕre to make.]
A. adj.
a. Of a verb: Expressing the notion of making a thing to be (either objectively or in thought or representation) of a certain character (e.g. ‘to make a man king’, ‘to call one a fool’, ‘to paint the door green’); taking a complementary object; = factive 2. Also in factitive object, factitive predicate, or factitive accusative, the complementary accus. governed by a factitive verb.
b. By some grammarians used for: Causative.
1846J. W. Gibbs Philol. Stud. (1857) 95 The simple infinitive was also used to denote the second object after a factitive verb. Ibid. 69 The factitive relation..a favorite technical term of the New or Beckerian Philology..is [etc.]. Ibid. 70 This second object is called the factitive object. 1871Public School Lat. Gram. §110. 251 Verbs called Factitive..because they contain the idea of making by deed, thought, or word. 1877Whitney Eng. Gram. 166.
B. n. A factitive verb.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1934Priebsch & Collinson German Lang. ii. iii. 230 It [sc. ver] further forms factitives from adjectives, e.g. verbittern, versüssen.
Hence ˈfactitively adv.
1877Whitney Eng. Gram. 166 Even intransitive verbs are thus used factitively. |