FATTEN Copy link • FATTEN 1. TRANS., saginare (to feed with anything that will produce fatness): pinguem facere (to make fat): opimare (of birds, especially): farcire (to cram with anything, only of fowls). To fatten with anything, alere aliqua re (e.g., with bran, furfuri): to be good for fattening, conferre ad adipes creandas (or creandos); pinguitudinem efficere (e.g., a hog, sui). INTRANS., pinguescere (to become or grow fat): nitescere (to be sleek, etc.). 2. Vid: To FAT, v.