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).

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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.

Verb

(en verb)

To become fatter

He gradually fattened in the five years after getting married.

To cause to be fatter

We must fatten the turkey in time for Thanksgiving.

To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich.

to fatten land

(Dryden)