factitive
adjective /ˈfæktətɪv/
/ˈfæktətɪv/
(grammar)- (of verbs) followed by a direct object and a complement. Factitive verbs describe a situation where there is a result to the action. In ‘I painted it red’ and ‘they made her captain’, ‘painted’ and ‘made’ are factitive.Word Originmid 19th cent.: from modern Latin factitivus, formed irregularly from Latin factitare, frequentative of facere ‘do, make’.