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English Dictionary: thickened	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thickened adj made or having become thick; "thickened bronchial arteries" having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands" Synonym(s): calloused, callous, thickened made thick in consistency; "flour-thickened gravy"; "dust- thickened saliva"
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.