Wīd'en1, v. t.
(wīd'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. WIDENED; p. pr. & vb. n. WIDENING.] To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.
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Widen
Wīd'en2, v. i.
To grow wide, or wider; to enlarge; to extend.
Arches widen, and long aisles extend. Pope.