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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deepen \Deep"en\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deepen \Deep"en\, verb (used without an object) 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
deepen
verb
1: make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions" [syn: {intensify}, {compound}, {heighten}]
2: become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" [syn: {intensify}]
3: make deeper; "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it"
4: become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password" [syn: {change}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "deepen": accelerate, agent provocateur, aggravate, amplify, annoy, augment, beef up, blow up, broaden, build up, burrow, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, countersink, depress, deteriorate, dig, dig out, dive, double, dredge, drill, embitter, enhance, enlarge, exacerbate, exaggerate, exasperate, excavate, expand, extend, heat up, heighten, hop up, hot up, increase, intensify, irritate, jazz up, key up, lower, magnify, make acute, make complex, make worse, mine, mount, outspread, outstretch, provoke, ramify, redouble, reinforce, rise, rouse, scoop out, sharpen, sink, soup up, sour, spread, spread out, step up, strengthen, triple, tunnel, whet, widen, worsen
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