Verb

(en verb)

To change from a liquid to solid state perhaps by cold

To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly

To make rigid or immobile

To become congealed, solidify

Verb

(en verb)

To make thicker (in the sense of wider).

To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous).

To become thicker (in the sense of wider).

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Stephen P. Lownie], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-m-pelz David M. Pelz

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To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous).

To strengthen; to confirm.

* (William Shakespeare)

And this may help to thicken other proofs.

To make more frequent.