facient

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noun

One who does something; a doer; an agent.

OriginLatin faciens →
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Meanings

nounfacient (plural facients)

plural facients

  1. obsoleteOne who does something; a doer; an agent.

    The Fact is here confess'd : But is Sin in the Fact , or in the Mind of the Facient

    1693, John Hacket, Scrinia Reserata
  2. mathematicsOne of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient.
  3. A multiplier.

Origin

  1. Latinfaciens
  2. Englishfacient

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

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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