depthen
English
Verb
depthen (third-person singular simple present depthens, present participle depthening, simple past and past participle depthened)
- (transitive, now rare) To increase the depth of; make deep or deeper
- 1869, The East Anglian, volume 3:
- And in 1770, a Mr. John Gayford went to Holland to buy an engine to depthen the haven.
- 1956, Street Engineering, volume 1, page 43:
- It Is equipped with a 36 In bucket that depthens and clears the ditch of debris.
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