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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
factorize \fac"tor*ize\, 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 {Garnish}. [Vt. & Conn.]
[1913 Webster]
2. (Math.) to resolve (a complex expression, such as a
polynomial) into factors.
Syn: factorise.
[WordNet 1.5]