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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Widen

/wīd'-ən/ · Wid·en · IPA /ˈwaɪdn̩/
01 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p. Widened; p. pr. & vb. n. Widening
  1. 1.
    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.
02 v. i. To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
  1. 1.
    To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
    “Arches widen, and long aisles extend.” — Pope.