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factifying

factifying is the present participle and gerund of factify.

Meaning of factify

Verb

factify (third-person singular simple present factifies, present participle factifying, simple past and past participle factified)

  1. To establish truth or validity by presentation of factual evidence.
    • the machinery you use to construct this comforting world of facts involves things that don't themselves belong in that world. When you build your construct you conveniently forget all the stuff that does not end up as part of it. But, of course, we can factify anything. There is a table, there is a...1999 September 9, Jerry Hull, “Re: Metaphysical Death Match: Mental vs. Physical”, in comp.ai.philosophy (Usenet)

Questions about factifying

What is factifying the present participle and gerund of?
Factifying is the present participle and gerund of factify.

Words near factifying in the dictionary

  1. facticities
  2. facticity
  3. factified
  4. factifies
  5. factify
  6. factifying
  7. factiness
  8. factio testamenti
  9. faction
  10. factional
  11. factionalisation

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