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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Fatten

/făt'-ən/ · Fat·ten · IPA /ˈfætən/
01 v. t. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.
imp. & p. p. Fattened; p. pr. & vb. n. Fattening
  1. 1.
    To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.
  2. 2.
    To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood.
02 v. i. To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered.
  1. 1.
    To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered.
    “And villains fatten with the brave man's labor.” — Otway.