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<h1>Factioner</h1> <Xpage=536>

<hw>Fac"tion*er</hw> <tt>(-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of a faction.</def>

<i>Abp. Bancroft.</i>

<h1>Factionist</h1> <Xpage=536>

<hw>Fac"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who promotes faction.</def>

<h1>Factious</h1> <Xpage=536>

<hw>Fac"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>factiosus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>factieux</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons.</def>

<blockquote><b>Factious</b> for the house of Lancaster. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions; <as>as, <ex>factious</ex> quarrels</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Headlong zeal or <b>factious</b> fury. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Fac"tious*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Fac"tious-ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Factitious</h1> <Xpage=536>

<hw>Fac*ti"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>factitius</ets>, fr. <ets>facere</ets> to make. See <er>Fact</er>, and cf. <er>Fetich</er>.]</ety> <def>Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; <as>as, <ex>factitious</ex> cinnabar or jewels; a <ex>factitious</ex> taste.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fac-ti"tious*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Fac*ti"tious-ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>He acquires a <b>factitious</b> propensity, he forms an incorrigible habit, of desultory reading. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Unnatural.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Factitious</er>, <er>Unnatural</er>. Anything is <i>unnatural</i> when it departs in any way from its simple or normal state; it is <i>factitious</i> when it is wrought out or wrought up by labor and effort, as, a <i>factitious</i> excitement. An <i>unnatural</i> demand for any article of merchandise is one which exceeds the ordinary rate of consumption; a factitious demand is one created by active exertions for the purpose. An <i>unnatural</i> alarm is one greater than the occasion requires; a <i>factitious</i> alarm is one wrought up with care and effort.</usage>

<h1>Factitive</h1> <Xpage=536>

<hw>Fac"ti*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Causing; causative.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Sometimes the idea of activity in a verb or adjective involves in it a reference to an effect, in the way of causality, in the active voice on the immediate objects, and in the passive voice on the subject of such activity. This second object is called the <b>factitive</b> object. <i>J. W. Gibbs.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Factive</h1> <Xpage=536>

<hw>Fac"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Making; having power to make.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "You are . . . <i>factive</i>, not destructive."

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Facto</h1> <Xpage=536>

<hw>Fac"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[L., ablative of <ets>factum</ets> deed, fact.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>In fact; by the act or fact.</def>

<cs><col>De facto</col>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <cd>See <er>De facto</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Factor</h1> <Xpage=536>

<hw>Fac"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>factor</ets> a doer: cf. F. <ets>facteur</ets> a factor. See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker.</def>

<i>Story.</i> <i>Wharton.</i>