FATTENED

fattened

(adjective) (of market animals) made ready for market

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

fattened

simple past tense and past participle of fatten; fatted

Source: Wiktionary


FATTEN

Fat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fattened; p. pr. & vb. n. Fattining.] Etym: [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.

Fat"ten, v. i.

Definition: To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered. And villains fatten with the brave man's labor. Otway.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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