-facient
a combining form meaning “causing” or “inducing” that specified by the initial element: parturifacient; somnifacient.
Origin of -facient
1<Latin , stem of faciēns, present participle of facere to make, do
Words Nearby -facient
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How to use -facient in a sentence
Et si abbas non venerit facient finem cum celerario si voluerit vel cum alii quem Abbas nomine suo miserit ad minus 20 solidis.
Villainage in England | Paul VinogradoffDrace, pererrati quem novit terminus orbis, Quemque simul mundi vidit uterque Polus; Si taceant homines, facient te sidera notum.
British Dictionary definitions for -facient
-facient
suffix forming adjectives, suffix forming nouns
indicating a state or quality: absorbefacient; rubefacient
Origin of -facient
1from Latin facient-, faciēns, present participle of facere to do
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