Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deepening"
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)
deepening
adj : accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening
gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the gathering
darkness"; "the thickening dusk" [syn: {deepening(a)},
{gathering(a)}, {thickening(a)}]
n : a process of becoming deeper and more profound
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