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.动词 使役的(指后接宾语和补足语的,如 I painted it red 和 they made her captain 中,painted 和 made 是使役动词) 词源mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin factitivus, formed irregularly from Latin factitare, frequentative of facere ‘do, make’.