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Facet (?), n. [F. facette, dim. of face face. See .] 1. A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond. [Written also facette.]
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2. (Anat.) A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone.
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3. (Arch.) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.
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4. (Zoöl.) One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.
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Facet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faceted; p. pr. & vb. n. Faceting.] To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.
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Facete (?), a. [L. facetus elegant, fine, facetious; akin to facies. See , and cf. .] Facetious; witty; humorous. [Archaic] “A facete discourse.” Jer. Taylor.
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“How to interpose” with a small, smart remark, sentiment facete, or unctuous anecdote. Prof. Wilson.

-- Facetely, adv. -- Faceteness, n.
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Faceted (?), a. Having facets.
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Facetiæ (�), n. pl. [L., fr. facetus. See .] Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.
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face time (fās tīm), n. Time spent speaking with a person face-to-face; -- contrasted with time spent communicating by electronic media, such as telephone or e-mail, or via written communications; as, the chief of staff has the most face time with the president. [Recent]
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Facetious (?), a. [Cf. F. facétieux. See .] 1. Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion.
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2. Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply.

-- Facetiously, adv. -- Facetiousness, n.
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face-to-face adj. 1. without intervening persons; involving direct communication between persons in each other's presence; -- of conversation or confrontation; as, face-to-face negotiations.
Syn. -- person-to-person.
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2. having the front parts facing each other.
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Facette (?), n. [F.] See , n.
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Facework (?), n. The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building; facing.
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Facia (?), n. (Arch.) See .
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Facial (?), a. [LL. facialis, fr. L. facies face : cf. F. facial.] Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve. -- Facially, adv.
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Coloq. Facial angle (Anat.), the angle, in a skull, included between a straight line (ab, in the illustrations), from the most prominent part of the forehead to the front efge of the upper jaw bone, and another (cd) from this point to the center of the external auditory opening. See Gnathic index, under .
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Faciend (?), n. [From neut. of L. faciendus, gerundive of facere to do.] (Mach.) The multiplicand. See , 2.
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Facient (?), n. [L. faciens, -- entis, p. pr. of facere to make, do. See .] 1. One who does anything, good or bad; a doer; an agent. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.
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2. (Mach.) (a) One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient. (b) The multiplier.
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☞ The terms facient, faciend, and factum, may imply that the multiplication involved is not ordinary multiplication, but is either some specified operation, or, in general, any mathematical operation. See .
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Facies (?), n. [L., from, face. See .]
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1. The anterior part of the head; the face.
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2. (Biol.) The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment.
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3. (Zoöl.) The face of a bird, or the front of the head, excluding the bill.
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Coloq. Facies Hippocratica . (Med.) See .
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Facile (?) a. [L. facilis, prop., capable of being done or made, hence, facile, easy, fr. facere to make, do: cf. F. facile. Srr , and cf. .] 1. Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.
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Order . . . will render the work facile and delightful. Evelyn.
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2. Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered.
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The facile gates of hell too slightly barred. Milton.
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3. Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.
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I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet. B. Jonson.
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4. Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.
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Since Adam, and his facile consort Eve,
Lost Paradise, deceived by me. Milton.
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This is treating Burns like a child, a person of so facile a disposition as not to be trusted without a keeper on the king's highway. Prof. Wilson.
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5. Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen.

-- Facilely, adv. -- Facileness, n.
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Facilitate (fȧsĭlĭtāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Facilitated (fȧsĭlĭtātĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Facilitating (fȧsĭlĭtātĭng).] [Cf. F. faciliter. See .] To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task.
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To invite and facilitate that line of proceeding which the times call for. I. Taylor.
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facilitated adj. freed from difficulty or impediment. Contrasted with delayed.
Syn. -- expedited.
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Facilitation (?), n. The act of facilitating or making easy.
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facilitative adj. freeing from difficulty or impediment; as, facilitative changes in the economic structure.
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facilitator n. someone who makes progress easier.
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facilitatory adj. (Med.) inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity.
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Facility (fȧsĭlĭt�), n.; pl. Facilities (fȧsĭlĭtĭz). [L. facilitas, fr. facilis easy: cf. F. facilité. See .] 1. The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation.
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The facility with which government has been overturned in France. Burke.
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2. Ease in performance; readiness proceeding from skill or use; dexterity; as, practice gives a wonderful facility in executing works of art.
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3. Easiness to be persuaded; readiness or compliance; -- usually in a bad sense; pliancy.
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It is a great error to take facility for good nature. L'Estrange.
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4. Easiness of access; complaisance; affability.
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Offers himself to the visits of a friend with facility. South.
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5. That which promotes the ease of any action or course of conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; -- usually in the plural; as, special facilities for study.

Syn. -- Ease; expertness; readiness; dexterity; complaisance; condescension; affability. -- , , . These words have in common the idea of performing any act with ease and promptitude. Facility supposes a natural or acquired power of dispatching a task with lightness and ease. Expertness is the kind of facility acquired by long practice. Readiness marks the promptitude with which anything is done. A merchant needs great facility in dispatching business; a banker, great expertness in casting accounts; both need great readiness in passing from one employment to another. “The facility which we get of doing things by a custom of doing, makes them often pass in us without our notice.” Locke. “The army was celebrated for the expertness and valor of the soldiers.” “A readiness to obey the known will of God is the surest means to enlighten the mind in respect to duty.”
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Facing (?), n. 1. A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface.
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2. A lining placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or protection.
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3. (Arch.) The finishing of any face of a wall with material different from that of which it is chiefly composed, or the coating or material so used.
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4. (Founding) A powdered substance, as charcoal, bituminous coal, etc., applied to the face of a mold, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting.
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5. (Mil.) (a) pl. The collar and cuffs of a military coat; -- commonly of a color different from that of the coat. (b) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about; -- chiefly in the pl.
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Coloq. Facing brick , front or pressed brick.
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Facingly, adv. In a facing manner or position.
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Facinorous (?), a. [L. facinorous, from facinus deed, bad deed, from facere to make, do.] Atrociously wicked. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

-- Facinorousness, n. [Obs.]
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Facound (?), n. [F. faconde, L. facundia. See .] Speech; eloquence. [Obs.]
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Her facound eke full womanly and plain. Chaucer.
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Facsimile (?), n.; pl. Facsimiles (-l�z). [L. fac simile make like; or an abbreviation of factum simile made like; facere to make + similes like. See , and .] A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness.
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Coloq. Facsimile telegraph , a telegraphic apparatus reproducing messages in autograph.
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Facsimile, (�), v. t. To make a facsimile of.
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Fact (făkt), n. [L. factum, fr. facere to make or do. Cf. , , , , , and .] 1. A doing, making, or preparing. [Obs.]
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A project for the fact and vending
Of a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies. B. Jonson.
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2. An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.
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What might instigate him to this devilish fact, I am not able to conjecture. Evelyn.
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He who most excels in fact of arms. Milton.
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3. Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.
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4. The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.
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I do not grant the fact. De Foe.
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This reasoning is founded upon a fact which is not true. Roger Long.
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☞ The term fact has in jurisprudence peculiar uses in contrast with law; as, attorney at law, and attorney in fact; issue in law, and issue in fact. There is also a grand distinction between law and fact with reference to the province of the judge and that of the jury, the latter generally determining the fact, the former the law. Burrill Bouvier.
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Coloq. Accessary before the fact , or Coloq. Accessary after the fact . See under . -- Coloq. Matter of fact , an actual occurrence; a verity; used adjectively: of or pertaining to facts; prosaic; unimaginative; as, a matter-of-fact narration.

Syn. -- Act; deed; performance; event; incident; occurrence; circumstance.
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fact-finding adj. designed to find information or ascertain facts; as, a fact-finding committee.
Syn. -- investigative, investigatory.
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Faction (făkshŭn), n. [L. factio a doing, a company of persons acting together, a faction: cf. F. faction See .] 1. (Anc. Hist.) One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus.
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2. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.
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3. Tumult; discord; dissension.
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They remained at Newbury in great faction among themselves. Clarendon.

Syn. -- Combination; clique; junto. See .
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Factionary (?), a. [Cf. F. factionnaire, L. factionarius the head of a company of charioteers.] Belonging to a faction; being a partisan; taking sides. [Obs.]
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Always factionary on the party of your general. Shak.
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Factioner (-?r), n. One of a faction. Abp. Bancroft.
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Factionist, n. One who promotes faction.
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Factious (?). a. [L. factiosus: cf. F. factieux.] 1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons.
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Factious for the house of Lancaster. Shak.
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2. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels.
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Headlong zeal or factious fury. Burke.

-- Factiously, adv. -- Factiousness, n.
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Factitious (?), a. [L. factitius, fr. facere to make. See , and cf. .] Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; contrived; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste. -- Fac-titiously, adv. -- Factitiousness, n.
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He acquires a factitious propensity, he forms an incorrigible habit, of desultory reading. De Quincey.

Syn. -- Unnatural. -- , . Anything is unnatural when it departs in any way from its simple or normal state; it is factitious when it is wrought out or wrought up by labor and effort, as, a factitious excitement. An unnatural demand for any article of merchandise is one which exceeds the ordinary rate of consumption; a factitious demand is one created by active exertions for the purpose. An unnatural alarm is one greater than the occasion requires; a factitious alarm is one wrought up with care and effort.
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Factitive (?). a. [See .] 1. Causing; causative.
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2. (Gram.) Pertaining to that relation which is proper when the act, as of a transitive verb, is not merely received by an object, but produces some change in the object, as when we say, He made the water wine.
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Sometimes the idea of activity in a verb or adjective involves in it a reference to an effect, in the way of causality, in the active voice on the immediate objects, and in the passive voice on the subject of such activity. This second object is called the factitive object. J. W. Gibbs.
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Factive (?), a. Making; having power to make. [Obs.] “You are . . . factive, not destructive.” Bacon.
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Facto (?), adv. [L., ablative of factum deed, fact.] (Law) In fact; by the act or fact.
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Coloq. De facto . (Law) See .
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Factor (?), n. [L. factor a doer: cf. F. facteur a factor. See .] 1. (Law) One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker. Story. Wharton.
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My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled
That owes me for a hundred tun of wine. Marlowe.
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2. A steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
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3. (Math.) One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, form a product.
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4. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent; a contributory cause.
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The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition. H. Spencer.
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Factor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Factored (-tĕrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Factoring.] (Mach.) To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.
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Factorage (?), n. [Cf. F. factorage.] The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; -- called also a commission.
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Factoress (?), n. A factor who is a woman. [R.]
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Factorial (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a factory. Buchanan.
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2. (Math.) Related to factorials.
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Factorial, n. (Math.) (a) pl. A name given to the factors of a continued product when the former are derivable from one and the same function F(x) by successively imparting a constant increment or decrement h to the independent variable. Thus the product F(x).F(x + h).F(x + 2h) . . . F[x + (n-1)h] is called a factorial term, and its several factors take the name of factorials. Brande & C.

(b) The product of the consecutive whole numbers from unity up to any given number; thus, 5 factorial is the product of 5 times four times three times two times one, or 120.
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Factoring (?), n. (Math.) The act of resolving into factors.
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factorise v. t. 1. to resolve into factors, as of a polynomial; same as . [mostly Brit.]
Syn. -- factorize.
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factorize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Factorized (-?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Factorizing (-?z?ng).] 1. (Law) (a) To give warning to; -- said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he shall not pay the money or deliver the property of the defendant in his hands to him, but appear and answer the suit of the plaintiff. (b) To attach (the effects of a debtor) in the hands of a third person; to garnish. See . [Vt. & Conn.]
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2. (Math.) to resolve (a complex expression, such as a polynomial) into factors.
Syn. -- factorise.
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Factorship, n. The business of a factor.
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Factory (?), n.; pl. Factories (-rĭz). [Cf. F. factorerie.] 1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. “The Company's factory at Madras.” Burke.
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2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory. W. Guthrie.
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3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory.
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Coloq. Factory leg (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories.
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factory-made adj. made in a factory. Contrasted with homemade. [Narrower terms: boughten, store-bought ; mass-produced ]
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factotum (făktōtŭm), n.; pl. factotums (-tŭmz). [L., do everything; facere to do + totus all : cf. F. factotum. See , and .] A person employed to do all kinds of work or business; a person with many different responsibilities. B. Jonson.
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factual (făkt��l), a. 1. of or pertaining to facts; as, factual inaccuracies. [R.]
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2. containing only facts (as contrasted with opinions or speculations); as, a factual report.
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