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Webster 1913 Edition

Steepen

Steep′en

(stēp′’n)

,

Verb.

I.

[

imp. & p. p.

Steepened

(stēp′’nd)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Steepening

.]

To become steep or steeper.

As the way

steepened

. . . I could detect in the hollow of the hill some traces of the old path.

H. Miller.