Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FAT'TEN
FAT'TEN, v.t. [fat'n.]
- To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy, or plump with fat.
- To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood. Dryden.
- To feed grossly; to fill. Dryden.
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