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• v  make more intense, stronger, or more marked
  This event only deepened my convictions
• v  become more intense
  His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan
• v  make deeper
  They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it
• v  become deeper in tone
  Her voice deepened when she whispered the password

• The election and ordination of Gene Robinson was an event which many in the Communion had warned would deepen our divisions.
• Piero Angeloni, head of Palermo's police detective unit, says Lo Piccolo's arrest is likely to stall Sicilian efforts to deepen links with the "Americani.
• Stefansson's work could deepen our understanding of diseases that strike non-Icelanders.

• intensify
• compound
• heighten
• change

News & Articles

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• North Korea seeking to deepen ties with far-away Uganda
  Pyongyang, never great at making allies, has deepened ties with the small African state.
  June 13, 2013 - Washington Post
• Gothamist Wants Your Freelance Submissions
  Gothamist is looking to expand and deepen our coverage of New York City, and we're paying. [ more › ]
  June 13, 2013 - Gothamist
• Spreadtrum Leads ADRs Rally on U.S. Data: China Overnight
  Chinese stocks rose for the first time in three days in New York , led by Spreadtrum Communications Inc. (SPRD) , as better-than forecast U.S. economic data outweighed concern that a slowdown in Asia ’s biggest economy will deepen.
  June 13, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Reuters India
  All of us are paying a price for this home mortgage crisis. And all of us will pay an even steeper price if we allow this crisis to deepen - a crisis which is unraveling homeownership, the middle class, and the American Dream itself,Obama...
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Telegraph.co.uk
  Hillary Clinton, secretary of state, said unless Iran showed a change of heart attention would turn to "exploring how you broaden and deepen sanctions".