Factitive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective Grammar.
  1. noting or pertaining to verbs that express the idea of making or rendering in a certain way and that take a direct object and an additional word or group of words indicating the result of the process, as made in They made him king.
adjective
  1. denoting a verb taking a direct object as well as a noun in apposition, as for example elect in they elected John president, where John is the direct object and president is the complement
Factitive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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