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<h1>Faciend</h1> <Xpage=536>

<hw>Fa"ci*end</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From neut. of L. <ets>faciendus</ets>, gerundive of <ets>facere</ets> to do.]</ety> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The multiplicand. See <er>Facient</er>, <p><b>2</b>.</def>

<h1>Facient</h1> <Xpage=536>

<hw>Fa"cient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>faciens</ets>, -- <ets>entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>facere</ets> to make, do. See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who does anything, good or bad; a doer; an agent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Br. Hacket.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The multiplier.</def>

<note>&hand; The terms <i>facient</i>, <i>faciend</i>, and <i>factum</i>, may imply that the multiplication involved is not ordinary multiplication, but is either some specified operation, or, in general, any mathematical operation. See <er>Multiplication</er>.</note>

<h1>Facies</h1> <Xpage=536>

<hw>Fa"ci*es</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., from, face. See <er>Face</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The anterior part of the head; the face.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The face of a bird, or the front of the head, excluding the bill.</def>

<cs><col>Facies Hippocratica</col>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Hippocratic</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Facile</h1> <Xpage=536>

<hw>Fac"ile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>facilis</ets>, prop., capable of being done or made, hence, facile, easy, fr. <ets>facere</ets> to make, do: cf. F. <ets>facile</ets>. Srr <er>Fact</er>, and cf. <er>Faculty</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.</def>

<blockquote>Order . . . will render the work <b>facile</b> and delightful. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>facile</b> gates of hell too slightly barred. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.</def>

<blockquote>I meant she should be courteous, <b>facile</b>, sweet. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.</def>

<blockquote>Since Adam, and his <b>facile</b> consort Eve, Lost Paradise, deceived by me. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>This is treating Burns like a child, a person of so <b>facile</b> a disposition as not to be trusted without a keeper on the king's highway. <i>Prof. Wilson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Ready; quick; expert; <as>as, he is <ex>facile</ex> in expedients; he wields a <ex>facile</ex> pen.</as></def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Fac"ile-ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Fac"ile*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Facilitate</h1> <Xpage=536>

<hw>Fa*cil"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Facilitated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Facilitating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>faciliter</ets>. See <er>Facility</er>.]</ety> <def>To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; <as>as, to <ex>facilitate</ex> the execution of a task</as>.</def>

<blockquote>To invite and <b>facilitate</b> that line of proceeding which the times call for. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>