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Webster 1913 Edition

Fatten

Fat′ten

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fattened
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Fattening
.]
[See
Fat
,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fatten

FAT'TEN

,
Verb.
T.
fat'n.
1.
To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy, or plump with fat.
2.
To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood.
3.
To feed grossly; to fill.

FAT'TEN

,
Verb.
I.
fat'n. to grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick or fleshy; to be pampered.
And villains fatten with the brave man's labor.
Tigers and wolves shall in the ocean breed.
The whale and dolphin fatten on the mead.

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