Fatten \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.
      
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   2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten
      land; to fatten fields with blood. --Dryden.
      
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Fatten \Fat"ten\, v. i.
   To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to
   be pampered.
   
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         And villains fatten with the brave man's labor.
                                                  --Otway.
   
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