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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Shak.
d To make more frequent; as to thicken blows.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
thickened
adj 1: made or having become thick; "thickened bronchial arteries"
2: having skin made tough and thick through wear [syn: {calloused}]
3: made thick in consistency; "flour-thickened gravy";
"dust-thickened saliva"
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