factive adjective 3noun 2forms 1 adjective3 •Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims that are (known or believed with certainty to be) true.Under this account, verbs like forget and remember are classified as factive (1) and verbs like think and believe as nonfactive (2). — 2003 •Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths. •(no longer used) Making; creative. noun2 •A factive verb. •(Internet) A fictive taking its source from a physical person rather than a fictional work. formsfactives
