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Adjective: factitive  fak-ti-tiv
  1. Pertaining to that relation which is proper when the act, as of a transitive verb, is not merely received by an object, but produces some change in the object, as when we say, He made the water wine
    "Narrative silent reading can be done at a higher rate of speed than directive or factitive reading"

Encyclopedia: Factitive