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depthen

depthen verb: to increase the depth of; make deep or deeper.

Verb

depthen (third-person singular simple present depthens, present participle depthening, simple past and past participle depthened)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To increase the depth of; make deep or deeper
    • And in 1770, a Mr. John Gayford went to Holland to buy an engine to depthen the haven.1869, The East Anglian, volume 3
    • It Is equipped with a 36 In bucket that depthens and clears the ditch of debris.1956, Street Engineering, volume 1, page 43
    Synonyms:
    deepen

Synonyms of depthen

Forms of depthen

third-person singular presentdepthens
present participledepthening
past participledepthened
pastdepthened

Origin of depthen

From depth + -en.

Questions about depthen

What does depthen mean?
Depthen means to increase the depth of; make deep or deeper.
What part of speech is depthen?
Depthen is a verb.
What is the past tense of depthen?
The past tense of depthen is depthened.

Words near depthen in the dictionary

  1. depth-first search
  2. depth-first searches
  3. depth-psychologies
  4. depth-psychology
  5. depthe
  6. depthen
  7. depthened
  8. depthening
  9. depthens
  10. depthes
  11. depthie

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