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steepen

verb

Etymology

From steep + -en. Compare Old English stīepan (“to steepen”).

  1. derived from *(s)tewb-✻
  2. inherited from *staupaz✻
  3. inherited from stēap
  4. inherited from steep
  5. suffixed as steepen — “steep + en”

Definitions

  1. To make steeper.

  2. To become steeper.

    • As the way steepened […] I could detect in the hollow of the hill some traces of the old path.
    • Soon after Crowhurst, the down grade steepens to 1 in 100 as the line descends the side of a valley, at the mouth of which a glimpse of the sea can be caught—the only one.
    • Immediately beyond Churn Lane the climb begins at 1 in 78, steepening to 1 in 66. Speed soon falls and a number of heavy hop-pickers' specials have come to grief here.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA