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Definition of Stiffens

Stiffen
Stiffen Stiff"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stiffened; p. pr. & vb. n. Stiffening.] [See Stiff.] 1. To 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.
Stiffen
Stiffen Stiff"en, v. i. 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.

Meaning of Stiffens from wikipedia

- plasticised lacquer that is applied to fabric-covered aircraft. It tightens and stiffens fabric stretched over airframes, which renders them airtight and weatherproof...
- this polymer that is used to stiffen clothing. Starch was widely used in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries to stiffen the wide collars and ruffs of...
- characterised by myotonia congenita, a hereditary condition that may cause it to stiffen or fall over when excited or startled.: 396  It may also be known as the...
- stapedius and tensor tympani muscles of the ossicles contract. The stapedius stiffens the ossicular chain by pulling the stapes (stirrup) of the middle ear away...
- Integra). Type R versions of the Civic typically feature a lightened and stiffened body, specially tuned engine, and upgraded brakes and ch****is, and are...
- anterior barbels, which make them resemble small catfish. Their tails are stiffened by a notochord, but does not contain any bony or cartilaginous elements...
- Looking at the forbidden mother (in her hair-covered genitals, so to speak) stiffens the subject in illicit desire and freezes him in terror of the Father's...
- weapon is named after it. The name comes from the Latin torpere, 'to be stiffened or paralyzed', from the effect on someone who touches the fish. Electric...
- Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and advertise cigarette brands. Between 1875 and the...
- Poland was particularly severe. Lapomarda wrote that Ledóchowski helped "stiffen the general attitude of the Jesuits against the ****s" and that he permitted...