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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fatten \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fatten \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fatten v : make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" [syn: {fat}, {flesh out}, {fill out}, {plump}, {plump out}, {fatten out}, {fatten up}]
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