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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thicken \Thick"en\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Thickened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thickening}.] To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically: (a) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint. (b) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men. (c) To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.]
And this may to thicken other proofs. --Shak. (d) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thicken \Thick"en\, verb (used without an object) To become thick. ''Thy luster thickens when he shines by.'' --Shak.
The press of people thickens to the court. --Dryden.
The combat thickens, like the storm that flies. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
thicken
verb
1: make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch" [syn: {inspissate}] [ant: {thin}]
2: become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate" [syn: {inspissate}] [ant: {thin}]
3: make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour" [syn: {inspissate}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "thicken": add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beat up, boost, broaden, build, build up, cake, candy, churn, clabber, clot, clump, cluster, coagulate, colloid, colloidize, concrete, condense, congeal, cream, crystallize, curd, curdle, emulsify, emulsionize, enlarge, exalt, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, firm up, gel, gelatinate, gelatinize, granulate, grow thick, harden, hike, hike up, incrassate, increase, inflate, inspissate, jack up, jell, jellify, jelly, jump up, knot, lengthen, lopper, lump, maximize, parlay, put up, pyramid, raise, set, solidify, stiffen, take a set, thick, up, whip
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