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.
Deep"en, v. i. 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.
