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What does stiffen mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To make stiff.
  2. (intransitive) To become stiff.
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The bigger muscles in the arms and legs stiffen between four and six hours after death.
Nicole followed my gaze, and I saw her visibly stiffen at the sight of her sister.
In Elizabethan times the roots were dried and crushed and the powder was mixed with water and used to stiffen the ruffs worn by the gentry.
The ultimate winner was an echt conservative who wants to rein in abortions and stiffen drug laws.
In addition to osteophytic overgrowth, the ligamentum flavum may stiffen and buckle into the spinal cord dorsally.
He looked at me, and even though he smiled, I could see his posture visibly stiffen.

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