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factorize

fac′tor-ize

,
Verb.
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
Garnish
.
[Vt. & Conn.]

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factorize

factorize

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Verb

factorize (third-person singular simple present factorizes, present participle factorizing, simple past and past participle factorized)

  1. (mathematics) To create a list of factors.
  2. (mathematics) To divide an expression into a listing items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.

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