Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deepened"

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) 1.7 (wn)

deepened
adj : having accumulated or become more intense; "the deepened
gloom" [syn: {gathered}]


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