| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SUFFIX: | Production; making: petrifaction. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English -faccioun, from Old French -faction, from Latin -facti , -facti n-, from factus, past participle of facere, to make. See dh - in Appendix I.
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