Dictionary entry

Fatten

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fat″ten (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fattened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fattening (?).] [See Fat, v. t.] 1. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.

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