"factive" meaning in English

See factive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Rhymes: -æktɪv Etymology: From fact + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fact|ive}} fact + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} factive (not comparable)
  1. (grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims that are (known or believed with certainty to be) true. Tags: not-comparable Coordinate_terms: factual, counterfactual
    Sense id: en-factive-en-adj-ZSWCWPfZ Categories (other): Grammar, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 16 5 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 63 20 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 18 2 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 18 2 4 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (epistemology, of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-factive-en-adj-PlvMh8dQ Categories (other): Epistemology Topics: epistemology, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abortifactive, benefactive, contrafactive, factively, factiveness, factivity, malefactive, nonfactive
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Rhymes: -æktɪv Etymology: From New Latin factīvus, from Latin facere (“to make”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|factīvus}} New Latin factīvus, {{der|en|la|facere|t=to make}} Latin facere (“to make”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} factive (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Making; creative. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-factive-en-adj-a3GXMkYv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: factives [plural]
Rhymes: -æktɪv Etymology: From fact + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fact|ive}} fact + -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} factive (plural factives)
  1. (grammar) A factive verb.
    Sense id: en-factive-en-noun-ToABLoYr Categories (other): Grammar Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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