fientive — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. designating a durative and dynamic action performed by the subject

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   This underlines again that a contrast of nominality versus verbality conveys a stative versus fientive purport.

2. designating entering into a state as opposed to being in a state

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

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   The basic idea is that what previous scholarship categorised as a stative, viz. the various forms going back to a derivation with a long ē, is in fact a fientive, i.e. it designates the becoming and not the being.