"depthen" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: depthens [present, singular, third-person], depthening [participle, present], depthened [participle, past], depthened [past]
Etymology: From depth + -en. Etymology templates: {{af|en|depth|-en|id2=inchoative}} depth + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} depthen (third-person singular simple present depthens, present participle depthening, simple past and past participle depthened)
  1. (transitive, now rare) To increase the depth of; make deep or deeper Tags: archaic, transitive Synonyms: deepen
    Sense id: en-depthen-en-verb-rZ4tZ-5O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for depthen meaning in English (1.6kB)

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