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deep⋅en

  [dee-puhn]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to make or become deep or deeper: Larger ships will be able to navigate the river after the main channel is deepened. The shadows deepened toward late afternoon.
2. Meteorology. to decrease in atmospheric pressure: a deepening cyclone.
Origin:
1595–1605; deep + -en 1

Related forms:
deep⋅en⋅er, noun
deep⋅en⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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deep·en   (dē'pən)   
tr. & intr.v.   deep·ened, deep·en·ing, deep·ens
To make or become deep or deeper.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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.

Deepen

Deep"en\, 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. --Byron.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : deepen
Spanish: profundizar,
German: vertiefen,
Japanese: 深くする
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