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Definitions for: Thicken
[v] become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"
[v] make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"
[v] make viscous or dense, as of liquids
Webster (1913) Definition: Thick"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thickened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Thickening.]
To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically:
(a) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.
(b) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken
cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.
(c) To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.]
And this may to thicken other proofs. --Shak.
(d) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
Thick"en, v. i.
To become thick. ``Thy luster thickens when he shines by.''
--Shak.
The press of people thickens to the court. --Dryden.
The combat thickens, like the storm that flies.
--Dryden.
Synonyms: inspissate
Antonyms: thin
See Also: alter, change, change integrity, change state, turn
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