steepen

English

Etymology

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

Verb

steepen (third-person singular simple present steepens, present participle steepening, simple past and past participle steepened)

(transitive) To make steeper.
(intransitive) To become steeper.
- H. Miller
  As the way steepened […] I could detect in the hollow of the hill some traces of the old path.

Translations

to make steeper

Maori: mānihi