Meaning of FATTEN
| Pronunciation: | | 'fatn
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| | Definition: | | [v] make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" |
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| | Synonyms: | | fat, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out |
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| | See Also: | | alter, change, feed, give | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Fat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fattened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Fattining}.] [See {Fat}, v. t.]
1. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or
plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.
2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten
land; to fatten fields with blood. --Dryden.
\Fat"ten\, v. i.
To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to
be pampered.
And villains fatten with the brave man's labor.
--Otway.
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