Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Deep
deep (deepest)deepen (deepened, -s)
deep, n. [OE déop.] (webplay: great, maketh, ocean, out, sea, still, waters).
- Unknown waters; [fig.] eternity; infinity; deity; source of hidden truths; profound depths of understanding.
- Ocean; sea; large body of water; (see Genesis 1:2).
- Abyss; that which is mysterious; [fig.] not easily fathomed; (see Genesis 49:25).
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