factitive
/ˈfaktɪtɪv
/adjective 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."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'.
- grandboy
- Grand Canal
- Grand Canyon
- Grand Canyon State
- grand captain
- grandchild
- grand committee
- Grand Coulee Dam
- grand coup
- grand cross
- grand cru
- grandda
- granddad
- granddaddy
- granddaddy-long-legs
- granddaughter
- granddaughter cell
- granddaughter clock
- granddaughter-in-law
- grand day
- grand-ducal
- grand-ducalist
- grand duchess
- grand duchy
- grand duke