-facient Definition

fāzhənt
suffix
Causing; bringing about.
Somnifacient.
American Heritage
Something that causes or brings about.
Abortifacient.
American Heritage
affix
Making or causing to become.
Liquefacient.
Webster's New World
noun

One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient.

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Other Word Forms of -facient

Noun

Singular:
-facient
Plural:
facients

Origin of -facient

  • From Latin faciēns facient- present participle of facere to do dhē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin faciens, facientis, present participle of facere (“do, make”).

    From Wiktionary

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