GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Fatten , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fattened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fattening .] [See Fat, v. t.]
- To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.1913 Webster
- To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood.Dryden.1913 Webster
- To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.
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Fatten, v. i. To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered.1913 Webster
And villains fatten with the brave man's labor.
Otway.1913 Webster