Bible Dictionaries
Stiffen
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
(2):
(v. t.) To make torpid; to benumb.
(3):
(v. t.) To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.
(4):
(v. i.) To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stiffen'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/stiffen.html. 1828.