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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
deepened
adjective: having accumulated or become more intense; "the deepened gloom" [syn: {gathered}]
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