Fatten

(făt'tn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. FATTENED; p. pr. & vb. n. FATTENING.] [A-S. fættian, from fæt; Eng. fat, q. v.]

1Sense 1. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.

2Sense 2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood. Dryden.

(făt'tn), v. 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.