Stiffen
Pronunciation : Stiff"en
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Stiff.]
Definition : 1. tiono make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch. Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. Shak.
2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.
3. To make torpid; to benumb.
t. [imp. & p. p. Stiffened; p. pr. & vb. n. Stiffening.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Stiff"en
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective. Like bristles rose my stiffening hair. Dryden. The tender soil then stiffening by degrees. Dryden. Some souls we see, Grow hard and stiffen with adversity. Dryden.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913