factitive

English

Adjective

Examples
to make someone be something enslave (“to make someone a slave”)

factitive (not comparable)

(linguistics, of a verb) Taking a complement that expresses a result along with a direct object, or inherently implying a complement; or synonymous with causative.
(linguistics, rare, of a verb) Factive.

References

“factitive, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, April 2016.

French

Adjective

factitive

feminine singular of factitif

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