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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deepen \Deep"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deepened}; p. pr & vb n. {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. --Addison. 2. To make darker or more intense; to darken; as the event deepened the prevailing gloom. You must deepen your colors. --Peacham. 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. --Pope. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deepening adj : accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the gathering darkness"; "the thickening dusk" [syn: {deepening(a)}, {gathering(a)}, {thickening(a)}] n : a process of becoming deeper and more profound
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