deepen

Definitions

1. 1.To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom. You must deepen your colors. Peacham.
2. 2.To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow.
3. 3.To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ. Deepens the murmur of the falling floods. Pope.
4. 4.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom. You must deepen your colors. Peacham called?
• What is to make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow called?
• What is to make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ. Deepens the murmur of the falling floods. Pope called?
• What is 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 called?