Factitious
101artifice — (n.) 1530s, workmanship, the making of anything by craft or skill, from M.Fr. artifice skill, cunning (14c.), from L. artificium a profession, trade, employment, craft; making by art, from artifex (gen. artificis) craftsman, artist, from ars art… …
102beatify — (v.) 1530s, to make very happy, from M.Fr. béatifer, from L.L. beatificare make happy, make blessed, from L. beatus supremely happy, blessed (pp. of beare to make happy, to bless ) + ficare, from stem of facere to make, do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf.… …
103benefactor — mid 15c., from L.L. benefactor, from L. phrase bene facere, from bene well (see BENE (Cf. bene )) + facere to do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). Translated in O.E. as wel doend …
104benefice — c.1300, a church living, from O.Fr. benefice (13c.) and directly from L. beneficium a favor, service, generosity, kindness, benefit, from beneficus generous, kind, benevolent, obliging, from bene (see BENE (Cf. bene )) + ficus, from stem of… …
105certify — early 14c., from O.Fr. certefiier make certain, witness the truth of (12c.), from L.L. certificare to certify, to make certain, from L. certus (see CERTAIN (Cf. certain)) + root of facere to make, do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). Related:… …
106chafe — (v.) early 14c., chaufen, to heat, rub with the hands to make warm, from O.Fr. chaufer heat, warm up, become warm, from V.L. *calefare, from L. calefacere to make hot, make warm, from calere be warm (see CALORIE (Cf. calorie)) + facere to make,… …
107clarify — early 14c., from O.Fr. clarifiier (12c.), from L.L. clarificare to make clear, also to glorify, from L. clarificus brilliant, from clarus clear, distinct (see CLEAR (Cf. clear)) + root of facere to make, do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf …
108confection — mid 14c., confescioun, from O.Fr. confeccion (12c., Mod.Fr. confection) drawing up (of a treaty, etc.); article, product, in pharmacology, mixture, compound, from L.L. confectionem (nom. confectio) a confection, in classical Latin, a making,… …
109counterfeit — (v.) late 13c., from O.Fr. contrefait imitated (Mod.Fr. contrefait), pp. of contrefaire imitate, from contre against (see CONTRA (Cf. contra )) + faire to make, to do (from L. facere; see FACTITIOUS (Cf …
110defeat — (v.) late 14c., from Anglo Fr. defeter, from O.Fr. desfait, pp. of desfaire to undo, from V.L. *diffacere undo, destroy, from L. dis un , not (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + facere to do, perform (see FACTITIOUS (Cf …
