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/dˈipənɪŋ/ /dˈipnɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Deepen v. t. (past & past part. deepened; pres. part. deepening)

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."

To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom. "You must deepen your colors."

To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow.

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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Etymology of 'Deepening'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Deepening" Quotes from Famous Books

... have hard work to get over," said Glenarvan, looking at the chain of mountains, the outlines of which were fast fading away in the deepening darkness. "The very name Alps gives plenty of room ...

— In Search of the Castaways • Jules Verne

... to France an exile, bereft of friends, of resources, and almost of hope, the interest which he had felt for her in former years was revived. It is said that he fell in love with her. However this may be, it is certain that Margaret's great beauty must have had a very important influence in deepening the sentiment of compassion which the misfortunes of the poor fugitive were so well calculated to inspire. At any rate, Breze entered at once into the queen's service with great enthusiasm. He brought with him a force of two ...

— Margaret of Anjou - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott

... Mr. Aubrey quitting his companion at the door of the vicarage, to be rejoined by him at five o'clock, the dinner hour at the Hall. As Mr. Aubrey walked along the park, the shades of evening casting a deepening gloom around him, his thoughts involuntarily recurred to the cottage of old blind Bess, and he felt vague apprehensions flitting with darkening shade across his mind. Though he was hardly weak enough to attach any definite meaning or importance to the gibberish he had ...

— Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. • Samuel Warren

... lesson. If His finger could do that, what would the grip of His hand do, if He chose to put out His power? It is not for want of strength that He has not crushed the antagonist, as Jacob would feel, with deepening wonder and awe. What a new light would be thus thrown on all the previous struggle! It was the striving of a power which cared not for a mere outward victory, nor put forth its whole force, lest it should crush him whom it desired to conquer only by his own yielding. As Job ...

— Expositions of Holy Scripture - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers • Alexander Maclaren

... the way through the deepening wood, which was freshened by the cooler breath of evening, and ...

— Waverley Volume XII • Sir Walter Scott

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