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Deepen   /dˈipən/   Listen
Deepen

verb
(past & past part. deepened; pres. part. deepening)
1.
Make more intense, stronger, or more marked.  Synonyms: compound, heighten, intensify.  "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her" , "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness" , "This event only deepened my convictions"
2.
Become more intense.  Synonym: intensify.  "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
3.
Make deeper.
4.
Become deeper in tone.  Synonym: change.  "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"



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"Deepen" Quotes from Famous Books



... cynical amusement at this human raree-show; at others he speaks as though he himself were in the very midst of the bustling frivolity of the Roman Vanity Fair, and a sufferer from its follies. Then his tone seems to deepen into a grave intensity of remonstrance, as he exposes its hollowness, its heartlessness, and its blindness to the absorbing problems ...
— English Satires • Various

... believes that cleanliness is not only next to godliness but a part of it. Jesus as perfect man and patriot, Captain of our salvation and Prince of peace, would not destroy the Yamato damashii—the spirit of unconquerable Japan—but rather enlarge, broaden, and deepen it, making it love for all humanity. Reverence for ancestral virtue and example, so far from being weakened, is strengthened, and as for devotion to king and ruler, law and society, Christianity lends nobler motives and grander sanctions, while showing clearly, not indeed the way ...
— The Religions of Japan - From the Dawn of History to the Era of Meiji • William Elliot Griffis

... to his place beside her and they sat without speaking, watching the colors change on a bank of sudslike clouds and the shadows deepen in the gulches. It never occurred to the new Kate to make conversation, so she was unembarrassed by the silence. Save for an occasional whimsical soliloquy, she seldom spoke without a definite purpose nowadays. To Disston, who remembered ...
— The Fighting Shepherdess • Caroline Lockhart

... embarrassing thoughts, and retire to our repose. Your prospects, Jane," she continued, rising and speaking in a sad and gently expostulatory tone—"your prospects are bright with love and happiness; and it will be ungenerous and cruel in you to say aught which will deepen the shade that I ...
— The Rangers - [Subtitle: The Tory's Daughter] • D. P. Thompson

... not even hope. I have reasoned with you because I honor you. But think not that I hesitate or waver. Julia can never be yours. She is the daughter of the state, and to a state must be espoused. Seek not therefore any more to deepen the place which you hold in her affections. Canst thou not be a friend, and leave the lover out? Friendship is a sentiment worthy godlike natures, and is the true sweetener of the cup of life. Love is at best but ...
— Zenobia - or, The Fall of Palmyra • William Ware


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