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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Widened

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Widening

To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of;

as, to

widen

a field; to

widen

a breach; to

widen

a stocking.

Verb.

To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.

Arches

widen

, and long aisles extend.

Pope.

Verb.

To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach. [Note.--In America, females say, to widen a stocking.]

Verb.

To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to extend itself.

And arches widen, and long aisles extend.