fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication
(Latin: to make, to do, to build, to cause, to produce; forming, shaping)
confit
consignificant
consignify
counterfeit
counterfeiter
countrified
cryptoinfection
A nonapparent, latent, or hidden infection.
de facto (Latin phrase)
Translation: "From the fact"; in reality.
Functioning or existing in fact, regardless of legal, or illegal, status. It differentiates that which exists in fact (de facto) from what exists legally (de jure).
declassification
declassified (adjective)
defacto
defeat
defect (verb), defects; defected; defecting
1. The act of a conscious withdrawal of an allegiance to go in a new direction of support: Against the tradition of her family, Jane decided to vote as a conservative instead of as a liberal in the election and her family didn’t understand this defection.
2. A failure in completing one's objective: Suddenly Tim was overwhelmed by a sudden defection of courage to swim across the English Channel.
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2. A failure in completing one's objective: Suddenly Tim was overwhelmed by a sudden defection of courage to swim across the English Channel.
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defective (adjective), more defective, most defective
1. A reference to something that is faulty, broken, or imperfect: Grace said, “Please don’t use the coffee machine because it is defective!”
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Jim's car had had defective brakes, so he had them replaced.
2. Pertaining to an incomplete, lacking, or inadequate condition: Somehow over the years the once good relationships between Caron's two sons turned out to be very defective because they had so many misunderstandings and arguments which they could not resolve.
