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deepen
('d/i/p/@/n )

verb (v)

  • make more intense, stronger, or more marked(verb.change)
    Example:
    This event only deepened my convictions.
    source: wordnet30
  • become more intense(verb.change)
    Example:
    His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan.
    Synonym:
    intensify
    source: wordnet30
  • make deeper(verb.change)
    Example:
    They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it.
    source: wordnet30
  • become deeper in tone(verb.change)
    Example:
    Her voice deepened when she whispered the password.
    Synonym:
    change
    source: wordnet30
  • To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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