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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fatten \Fat"ten\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Fattened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fattening}.] [See {Fat}, verb (used with an object)]
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fatten \Fat"ten\, verb (used without an object) 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) 2.0 [wn]:
fatten
verb: 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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "fatten": acculturate, add to, advance, aggrandize, aliment, ameliorate, amend, amplify, augment, batten, become overweight, better, bloom, blossom, boom, boost, breast-feed, breed, bring forward, broaden, build, build up, civilize, culture, dress, dry-nurse, edify, educate, elevate, emend, engross, enhance, enlarge, enlighten, enrich, exalt, expand, extend, farm, fat, fatten up, favor, fecundify, feed, fertilize, fill out, flourish, flower, force-feed, forward, foster, fructify, gain weight, gather flesh, go straight, grow, grow fat, grow thick, hatch, hike, hike up, impregnate, improve, improve upon, incrassate, increase, inflate, inseminate, inspissate, jack up, jump up, keep, lactate, lard, lengthen, lift, make an improvement, manure, maximize, meliorate, mend, nourish, nurse, nurture, nutrify, parlay, pinguefy, plump, prolificate, promote, put on weight, put up, pyramid, raise, ranch, rear, refine upon, reform, run, socialize, straighten out, stuff, suckle, thick, thicken, thrive, transfigure, transform, up, upgrade, uplift, wet-nurse
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