Stiffen

Definition:

• (v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
• (v. t.) To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.
• (v. t.) To make torpid; to benumb.
• (v. i.) To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.

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