a. Gram. [ad. mod. L. factitīv-us, irregularly f. fact- ppl. stem of facĕre to make.] 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, predicate, or accusative, the complementary accus. governed by a factitive verb. b. By some grammarians used for: Causative.
1846. J. W. Gibbs, Philological Studies (1857), 95. The simple infinitive was also used to denote the second object after a factitive verb. Ibid., 69. The factitive relation is a favorite technical term of the New or Beckerian Philology … is [etc.]. Ibid., 70. This second object is called the factitive object.
1871. Public School Lat. Gram., § 110. 251. Verbs called Factitive … because they contain the idea of making by deed, thought, or word.
1877. Whitney, Eng. Gram., 166.
Hence Factitively adv.
1877. Whitney, Eng. Gram., 166 Even intransitive verbs are thus used factitively.
