n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: fac · tored ; fac · tor · ing \ -t( ə -)ri ŋ \
Date: 1621
intransitive verb : to work as a factor
transitive verb
1 : to resolve into factors
2 a : to include or admit as a factor ― used with in or into < factor inflation into our calculations> b : to exclude as a factor ― used with out
– fac · tor · able \ -t( ə -)r ə -b ə l \ adjective