(transitive) To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction. / (transitive) To soundly defeat, to trounce.

(obsolete) A cabinet-maker, locksmith, etc. who works on his own, not for a firm.

(archaic) One should take immediate advantage of an opportunity that may not be available later.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of factify