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Deepen   /dˈipən/   Listen
verb
Deepen  v. t.  (past & past part. deepened; pres. part. deepening)  
1.
To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel. "It would... deepen the bed of the Tiber."
2.
To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom. "You must deepen your colors."
3.
To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow.
4.
To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ. "Deepens the murmur of the falling floods."



Deepen  v. i.  To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens. "His blood-red tresses deepening in the sun."






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"Deepen" Quotes from Famous Books



... youth spent under the spell of such surroundings, we are not surprised to learn that Kant was of a singularly grave, gentle and quiet demeanour, which in old age tended to deepen into austerity and increased conscientiousness, were that possible, in the fulfilment of his duties. With the simple words, "It is the time," his servant Lampe called him every morning at five minutes to five, and never to the ...
— Morality as a Religion - An exposition of some first principles • W. R. Washington Sullivan

... and in quality it was like a voice from the heart of New England where he had been born and bred. "I mean you won't be happy—not unless you have a child! It's what you need—it'll fill your life! It'll settle you—deepen ...
— His Family • Ernest Poole

... Ransford—and Bryce cared little by what means he won her, fair or foul, so long as he was successful. So now, he said to himself, he must make a still more definite move against Ransford. He must strengthen and deepen the suspicions which the police already had: he must give them chapter and verse and supply them with information, and get Ransford into the tightest of corners, solely that, in order to win Mary Bewery, he might have the credit of pulling him out again. That, he felt certain, he could ...
— The Paradise Mystery • J. S. Fletcher

... cleft and lake opened through the heart of the preserve. Probably the river once ran far up there where the starlight was crowning the blue cliffs with a silver diadem of light, only when this hollow opened did it slowly deepen a lower course, spreading out in a lake, and eventually tumbling down those icy steps lose itself in the dark roots of the hills. It was very simple, no doubt, but incredibly weird and wonderful to me who stood, the sole living thing in that immense ...
— Gulliver of Mars • Edwin L. Arnold

... and I leading, Clon and the shock-headed man bringing up the rear. The leisurely mode of our departure, the absence of hurry or even haste, the men's indifference whether they were seen, or what was thought, all served to sink my spirits and deepen my sense of peril. I felt that they suspected me, that they more than half guessed the nature of my errand at Cocheforet, and that they were not minded to be bound by Mademoiselle's orders. In particular, I ...
— Under the Red Robe • Stanley Weyman


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