factive (0 synonym found)

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Definition of factive:

(adj) : (grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims that are (known or believed with certainty to be) true.
(adj) : (epistemology, of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.
(n) : (grammar) A factive verb.
(adj) : (obsolete) Making; creative.
Definition of factive:

(adj) : (grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims that are (known or believed with certainty to be) true.
(adj) : (epistemology, of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.
(n) : (grammar) A factive verb.
(adj) : (obsolete) Making; creative.
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