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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Steepen  \Steep"en\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Steepened};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Steepening}.] 
  To  become  steep  or  steeper. 
 
  As  the  way  steepened  .  .  .  I  could  detect  in  the  hollow 
  of  the  hill  some  traces  of  the  old  path.  --H.  Miller. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  steepen 
  v  1:  become  steeper;  "The  mountain  side  has  steepened" 
  2:  make  steeper;  "The  landslides  have  steepened  the  mountain 
  sides" 




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