thicken

[ThickĀ·en]

Make thick or thicker

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To make thick (in any sense of the word).

Verb
become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"

Verb
make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"

Verb
make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"


v. t.
To make thick (in any sense of the word).

v. t.
To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.

v. t.
To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.

v. t.
To strengthen; to confirm.

v. t.
To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.

v. i.
To become thick.


Thicken

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.
(d) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.

Thicken

Thick"en, v. i. To become thick. "Thy luster thickens when he shines by." Shak.
The press of people thickens to the court.
The combat thickens, like the storm that flies.

To make thick (in any sense of the word).

To become thick.

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