FACTIVE
7 letters
15 Scrabble points
Definition of FACTIVE
noun
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(grammar) A factive verb.
adjective
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(grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims assumed to be true.
"You can't say that somebody "discovered" the Moon to be made of green cheese, because "discover" is a factive verb and the Moon isn't made of green cheese."
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(of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.
Source: Wiktionary
Word Details
Letters
F
A
C
T
I
V
E
Length
7 letters
Scrabble Score
15 points