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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FACTIVE

a.Making; having power to make. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FACTIVE

FACTIVE Fac "tive, a.

 

Defn: Making; having power to make. [Obs. ] "You are. .. factive, not destructive. " Bacon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

factive

fac tive |ˈfaktiv ˌfæktɪv | adjective Linguistics denoting a verb that assigns the status of an established fact to its object (normally a clausal object ), e.g., know, regret, resent .

 

Oxford Dictionary

factive

fac |tive |ˈfaktɪv | adjective Linguistics denoting a verb that assigns the status of an established fact to its object (normally a clausal object ), e.g. know, regret, resent . Contrasted with contrafactive, non-factive.