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    Fatten (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fattened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fattening (?).] [See Fat, v. t.]
    1. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.

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    2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, “to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood.” Dryden.

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    Fatten, v. i. To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered.

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    And villains fatten with the brave man's labor. Otway.

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