Read full poem →But the face of William the Great was fashioned by life and thought;
And death made it massive as bronze, and deepened the lines thereof:
Some for the will and some for patience, and some for hope--
Dictionary Entry
To make deep or deeper
In a Sentence
“They deepened the well by 200 feet.”
Origin
From the verb 'deepen', derived from Old English 'deopan' meaning 'to make deep'.
Common Phrases
. deepeneddeepened only
Synonyms
Poetry examples for “deepened”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →rather misdirected. Had I proceeded with the Poem, this character would
have deepened as he drew to the close; for the outline which I once
meant to fill up for him was, with some exceptions, the sketch of a
Read full poem →Yet tell me, then, the maid who knows,
Why deepened on her cheek the rose?--
Forgive, forgive, Fidelity!