Definition of Deepen

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Deepen

To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.

To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom.

To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow.

To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ.

To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens.

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Deepen Quotations

I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.
Marianne Williamson

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
Francis Bacon

As financial markets continue to broaden and deepen, the behavior of asset prices will play an important role in the formulation of monetary policy going forward, perhaps a more important role than in the past.
Timothy Geithner

Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
Willie Stargell

That is, we are bombarded by all kinds of images and influences and we have to fend some of them off if we're to take in any of them, or to carry through just our ordinary day's work, or really deepen whatever we have to do or say.
Robert Jay Lifton

At the beginning of the new century, it is the common aspiration of the peoples of the two countries to deepen mutual understanding, enhance trust, develop friendship and strengthen cooperation.
Li Peng

Similarly, establishing a firm timeline for bringing our troops home could accelerate the development of Iraqi security forces and deepen their commitment to defending their own country and their own government.
Peter DeFazio

Deepen Translations

deepen in French is approfondis, approfondissent, approfondissez
deepen in German is vertiefe, vertiefen
deepen in Spanish is ahondar
deepen in Swedish is djupna

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