Deepen to Defeat
Deepen
(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. Deepen
(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. Deep-fet
(Deep"-fet`) a. Deeply fetched or drawn. [Obs.] "Deep-fet groans." Shak.
Deep-laid
(Deep"-laid`) a. Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.
Deeply
(Deep"ly), adv.
1. At or to a great depth; far below the surface; as, to sink deeply.
2. Profoundly; thoroughly; not superficially; in a high degree; intensely; as, deeply skilled in ethics.
He had deeply offended both his nobles and people.
Bacon.
He sighed deeply in his spirit.
Mark viii. 12. 3. Very; with a tendency to darkness of color.
The deeply red juice of buckthorn berries.
Boyle. 4. Gravely; with low or deep tone; as, a deeply toned instrument.
5. With profound skill; with art or intricacy; as, a deeply laid plot or intrigue.
Deep-mouthed
(Deep"-mouthed`) a. Having a loud and sonorous voice. "Deep-mouthed dogs." Dryden.
Deepness
(Deep"ness), n.
1. The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; — opposed
to shallowness.
Because they had no deepness of earth.
Matt. xiii. 5. 2. Craft; insidiousness. [R.] J. Gregory.
Deep-read
(Deep"-read`) a. Profoundly book- learned. "Great writers and deep-read men." L'Estrange.
Deep-sea
(Deep"-sea`) a. Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (i. e., a
line to take soundings at a great depth); deep- sea lead; deep-sea soundings, explorations, etc.
