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Thickened   /θˈɪkənd/   Listen
verb
Thicken  v. t.  (past & past part. thickened; pres. part. 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  v. i.  To become thick. "Thy luster thickens when he shines by." "The press of people thickens to the court." "The combat thickens, like the storm that flies."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Thickened" Quotes from Famous Books



... specimen of healthy humanity than I had ever yet foregathered with. I believe that all the rains of heaven beating on his brow would not have altered its dinginess by a shade, nor penetrated one of the earthy layers that had thickened there; a thunder-shower must have glanced off, as water will do from tough, hardened clay. Rough patches of hair, scanty and straggling, like the vegetation of waste, barren lands, grew all over his cheeks and chin (a negro with an ample, honest beard is an anomaly), and a huge bush of wool—unkempt, ...
— Border and Bastille • George A. Lawrence

... coffee that had the taste of some rare, black nectar. And throughout the long lazy afternoon they loitered as it pleased them, picked flowers, wandered anew through the ruins of the King's Palace, lay by the singing water, and were quietly content. It was only when the shadows had thickened over the world and the promise of the primroses was fulfilled that they made ready for the return ride. Before they had gone down to their horses the moths were coming to the yellow flowers, tumbling about them, filling the air ...
— The Bells of San Juan • Jackson Gregory

... darkness thickened and deepened. The forest was a solid black, circling wall, and the cabin itself stood in deepest shadow. Inside a fresh piece of wood caught, and the blaze burned brighter and higher. It threw a glow across the faces of the two boys, ...
— The Forest Runners - A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky • Joseph A. Altsheler

... thickened yet more, but the Invincibles made their sure way through it, the different portions of the army marching in perfect coordination. Gordon led three divisions of infantry, supported by a brigade of cavalry across the Shenandoah River and marched ...
— The Tree of Appomattox • Joseph A. Altsheler

... Soon the crowds thickened, and groups of men entered, talking and laughing loudly. They were wholly at their ease, being plainly old and experienced members. They greeted each other with boisterous cries ...
— A Spoil of Office - A Story of the Modern West • Hamlin Garland


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