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fatten (iou)



fatten verb. M16.
[from FAT adjective + -EN5.]
verb trans. Make fat (esp. animals for slaughter). M16.
Gibbon The forest of Lucania, whose acorns fattened large droves of wild hogs. fig.: A. Cooke He tolerated, even fattened the newspaper myth of a locker-room tough guy.
b. verb intrans. Cause fatness. M17.
T. Collins His cookery doesn't fatten, but it fills up.
verb trans. Fertilize, enrich, (soil etc.). M16.
verb intrans. Grow or become fat. (Foll. by in, on, with.) L17.
V. S. Pritchett Bertie's pink face fattened with delight.
fattener noun a person who or thing which fattens; esp. an animal which fattens (early, slowly, etc.): E17.
fattening ppl adjective (a) causing fatness or increase in weight; (b) that grows fat: L17.