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▪ I. broadening, vbl. n.|ˈbrɔːd(ə)nɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
Expansion in breadth, dilatation.
Mod. Newspaper. These Norfolk Broads are broadenings or reaches of the river.
▪ II. broadening, ppl. a.|ˈbrɔːd(ə)nɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Becoming broad; expanding, dilating.
1850Mrs. Browning Poems II. 12 Within the broadening dark. 1859R. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. R.G.S. XXIX. 114 Up a gradually broadening valley. |