fatten

== English == === Etymology === From fat + -en. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfætən/, [ˈfæʔn̩] Rhymes: -ætən === Verb === fatten (third-person singular simple present fattens, present participle fattening, simple past and past participle fattened) (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter. (intransitive, of a person or animal) To become fat or fatter. Synonyms: gain weight, put on weight (transitive) To make thick or thicker (often something containing paper, especially money). (intransitive) To become thick or thicker. (transitive) To make (soil) fertile and fruitful. Synonym: enrich to fatten land 1612, Joseph Hall, Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holie Storie, London: Sa. Macham, Volume 1, Book 4, p. 333,[8] As the riuer of Nilus was to Egypt in steed of heauen to moisten and fatten the earth; so their confidence was more in it then in heauen; (intransitive) To become fertile and fruitful. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Noun === fatten plural of fat == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English fǣttian, from Proto-West Germanic *faitidēn (“to become fat”); equivalent to fat +‎ en. === Verb === fatten to grow fat or obese to make fat, fatten to lard to anoint to make fertile (land) to flourish, nourish to grow callous or dull ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: fat ==== References ==== “fatten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.