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-facient

  1. a combining form meaning “causing” or “inducing” that specified by the initial element:

    parturifacient; somnifacient.



-facient

suffix forming adjectives

  1. indicating a state or quality

    rubefacient

    absorbefacient

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -facient1

< Latin , stem of faciēns , present participle of facere to make, do
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -facient1

from Latin facient-, faciēns, present participle of facere to do
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Example Sentences

Et præfatus Johannes et assignati sui apprenticium suum in arte prædicta meliori modo quo idem Johannes sciverit ac poterit tractabunt docebunt et informabunt, seu ipsum informari facient sufficienter, debito modo castigando, et non aliter.

Heu, quid ad haec facient oscula, nox et hyems!

Quid facient crines, quum ferro talia cedant?”

Nil erit ulterius, quod nostris moribus addat posteritas; eadem facient cupientque minores, omne in praecipiti vitium stetit.

Post ubi jam valido se poplite sustinet, et jam Rit� loqui didicit, tunc servire incipit, atque Jussa pati, sentitque minas ictusque magistri, S�pe patris matrisque manu fratrisque frequenter Pulsatur: facient quid vitricus atque noverca?

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Words That Use -facient

What does -facient mean?

The combining form -facient is used like a suffix meaning “causing” or “inducing.” It is very occasionally used in scientific terms, especially in medicine.

The form -facient comes from Latin facere, meaning “to make” or “to do.” Facere is also the source of the stems fac-, fact-, fect-, and fic-, as in facility and faculty, fact and factor, affection and infect, and beneficial and sacrifice. Find out more by visiting all eight entries!

What are variants of -facient?

Though -facient has no variants, it is related to the combining forms -fex, -fic, -fication, -fy, and -ify. To learn more, check out our Words That Use articles for all five forms.

Examples of -facient

One example of a scientific term that uses the form -facient is immunifacient, “producing immunity.”

The immuni- portion of the word is a shortened form of immunity. As we have seen, -facient means “causing” or “inducing.” Immunifacient literally translates to “causing immunity.”

What are some words that use the combining form -facient?

What are some other forms that -facient may be commonly confused with?

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Given the meaning of -facient, what does absorbefacient mean?

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