v. To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree
v. To make lower in tone
v. To become deeper
v. To become darker or more intense
v. To become lower in tone
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower.
v. To make darker or more intense; to darken.
v. To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree.
v. To make more grave or low in tone.
verb-intransitive. To become deeper
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To become deep or deeper, in any sense; increase in depth.
To make deep or deeper, in any sense.
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v. make more intense, stronger, or more marked
v. make deeper
v. become more intense
v. become deeper in tone
Word Usage
"If you read him with attention, Williams will expand your mind, will set it on things wondrous and permanent, will make the world you live in deepen because of the new-perceived order."