widenv.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪdn/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪdən/

Forms: see wide adj. and -en suffix⁵.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wide adj., -en suffix⁵.

Etymology: < wide adj. + -en suffix⁵. Compare earlier wide v.

a. transitive. To increase the width or spatial extent of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)]

broada1250

room?1316

enlargec1380

largea1382

magnifya1382

alargec1384

spreada1387

amplify1432

brede1440

expanse1477

ampliatea1513

dilate1528

propagate1548

widen1566

explicate1578

expatiate1603

diduce1605

engross?1611

dilatate1613

biggen1643

promote1652

intend1658

expand1665

to run out1683

amplificate1731

broaden1744

outstretcha1758

largen1869

big1884

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > make broad or wide [verb (transitive)]

wideOE

brede1440

widen1566

broaden1861

1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. f. 68^v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe As for cutting of the fundament I assure you I can not iudge what he shoulde meane thereby, vnlesse it be to wyden the fundament, by giuing it long slittes or cuttes on the out side.

1599 R. Surflet tr. A. Du Laurens Disc. Preserv. Sight i. vii. 31 The softest part of the sinew of sight, which naturally is giuen to dilate and widen it selfe.

1669 P. Staynred Compend. Fortification 8 in S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. You may..widen the Necks of the Gorges.

1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 127 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. A piece of Board, whereon the Dyers widen or stretch their Stockins.

1749 A. Hill Gideon (rev. ed.) i. xvi. 16 From hot Furnaces, the vap'ry Stream Mounts thick, and widens its evolving Steam.

1785 J. Phillips Treat. Inland Navigation 45 I would cleanse, widen, and deepen the river Stort.

1818 S. Weston La Scava 3 Under the pavement..we found foundations of a house that had been probably thrown down to widen the road.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xiv. 148 These split-off lines of ice were evidently in motion..widening their fissures.

1901 Railway Age 15 Mar. 240/1 We made the embankment 16 feet, expecting some time as opportunity offered to widen it out the full width of 20 feet.

1919 Eng. Rev. July 26 An outsweep of the left flanking hedge, widening the path for a few feet.

2014 Daily Mail 26 Aug. 36/2 The new tubes are used to widen partially blocked arteries.

b. intransitive. To become wider in size or spatial extent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > become broad or wide [verb (intransitive)]

widen1572

breadthen1717

broaden1727

flange1820

1572 T. Twyne tr. Dionysius Periegetes Surueye World sig. A.iiij It wideneth toward y^e north, and there is called the sea Adriaticum.

1581 W. Borough Discours Variation Cumpas x. sig. F.iii The true meridians reformedly set doune..doe necessarily widen Northwardes, and straighten to the Southwardes.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. vii. vi. 1130 A Channell, that..wheresoeuer it widened it might be about a Cros-bow shot.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 383/2 The Glans..is two pieces of Wood, square at top, and rounded off below, with an Iron Pin through both yet so as they may widen a little.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 118. ⁋10 An Extinguisher, with a little Knob at the upper End, and widening downward.

1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1769 66 The rocks below widen considerably, and their clifty sides are fringed with wood.

1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 404 Of a very uniform breadth except that at each end it widens considerably.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xii. 89 The aperture, at first a mere crack, widened to a couple of feet.

1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography xi. 174 The current widens, and its speed is slackened.

1920 Sat. Westm. Gaz. 22 May 9/1 The streamlet widens into a pond.

1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond v. 48 The Hellespont..widened out presently into the sea of Marmara.

1979 J. Wainwright Brainwash xli. 177 Mad laughter seemed to tremble on his lips and his eyes widened with momentary mania.

2009 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 9 Jan. l6 Blood vessels widen..or go slack..so the blood is propelled headward.

2. transitive. To open wide or to the full extent; to set wide open. Also in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > open wide

yawn1382

widen1567

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vi. f. 74 Their chappes with brawling widened are [L. dilatant patulos..rictus].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. v. 15 So, now the gates are ope:..'Tis for the followers Fortune..widens them, Not for the flyers.

1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 23 The gates thus widened..Their ample entrance to the English gaue.

1711 R. Steele et al. Lucubrations Isaac Bickerstaff (rev. ed.) III. 114 Why should there not be a Tax to make these Dogs widen their Gates?

1765 tr. A. Goudar Chinese Spy II. xxiv. 59 A religion which thus deals in mollifications for heaven, and whose superintendants thus either widen or contract the gates of hell at pleasure.

1868 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Jan. 219/2 The simple fact that she had found full occupation for her brain and hands would have greatened her heart and widened her eyes.

1899 C. Schurz Policy Imperialism 23 Our first imperialistic administration..has widened the gates again for a new foray of spoils politics in the public service.

1960 C. Richter Waters of Kronos iv. 62 ‘Won't you let me come in just for a minute and talk to you about Johnny Donner?’ ‘Johnny?’ she repeated, widening the door.

2013 K. Shepard Celestials vi. 127 Sampson..widened the door and stepped back, beckoning his foreman to enter.

a. transitive. To increase or extend the scope, range, or reach of; to broaden, make more comprehensive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase scope

stretchc1430

eslargea1450

eslargish1484

widen1574

extend1584

enlarge1594

1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. St. Paule to Galathians vi. f. 284^v There are many that wyden [Fr. eslargissent] their consciences to swallow vp a whole Oxe.

1656 C. Fleetwood Let. 5 Feb. in H. Cromwell Corr. (2007) 101 And surly did we all consider it arit, we should find too much of that as that which so widens the breach at this day.

1673 E. Stillingfleet Serm. Several Occasions viii. (Matt. xxi. 43) 161 I speak not these things to widen our differences or increase our animosities.

1675 in C. E. Pike Essex Papers (1913) II. 22 Parliament is like to sitt longer..for ye differences between ye houses are so widened.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. viii. 71 Ought I to widen my error, by obstinacy and resentment?

1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. ix. 164 An event happened which widened the breach irreparably.

1812 W. S. Landor Count Julian i. i. 4 To..Widen the solitude of lonely sighs.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 106 The thoughts of men are widen'd with the process of the suns.

1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. xlvii The word ‘diaper’ became widened in its meaning.

1885 Manch. Examiner 13 July 5/5 The society is widening its scheme of operations.

1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door ii. 35 The classics widened my sense of the joy of life.

1968 E. Bowen Eva Trout (1969) ii. iv. 253 Greetings began..to be widened out into conversations.

2013 K. J. Fowler We are all completely beside Ourselves (2014) iii. vi. 140 I widened my search to the string of firebombings throughout Northern California.

b. intransitive. To become wider in scope, range, or reach; to become broader or more comprehensive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)]

greateOE

grow1382

enlarge1481

to gain more feathers1600

spread1611

burnish1624

sizea1631

dilate1636

greaten1638

expatiate1650

widen1650

biggen1652

expand1791

magnify1814

1650 E. Williams Virgo Triumphans To Parl. sig. B2 A reall quarrell widening.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xi. 70 That..difference [between brutes and men]..which at last widens to so vast a distance.

1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 114 His wishes now rise one step above his station;..his prospects widen as he ascends.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xliii. 428 Florence..observed the estrangement between her father and Edith, and saw it widen more and more.

1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 169 These questions deepen and widen under our hand.

1915 Dial 59 375/1 The circle of their ardent admirers has steadily widened.

1976 E. Fromm To have or to Be? (1979) Introd. 12 The gap between rich and poor nations has ever widened.

2006 Vanity Fair Sept. 250/3 The conflict widened to Lebanon, in a spiral of violence that has silenced more modern elements and empowered the radicals and rejectionists.

Derivatives

ˈwidened adj. made or become wide or wider.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > expanded or enlarged

openOE

outlargeda1425

dilatedc1450

dilate1471

project?a1475

ampliated1570

enlarged1599

widened1612

extended1713

expanded1742

broadened1744

dilatate1846

larged?a1919

upsized1977

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > [adjective] > having great breadth or width > increased in breadth or width

outlargeda1425

widened1612

broadened1744

prolate1846

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increased in scope

widened1892

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 13 On her Easterne side sweet Leman gentlie slips Into her widened banks.

1679 J. Banks Destr. Troy v. 60 The widen'd Gates extend their longing Arms To let in proud Achilles.

1759 R. Smith Harmonics (ed. 2) viii. 181 If any slider be drawn back again, which the widened holes will permit, it will draw back the jacks in its narrow holes only.

1892 Daily News 6 Apr. 7/3 Good dividends and a widened market for the shares.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 7 Oct. 5/1 When we have our widened line system completed, it will be possible..to run express electric trains to and from Brighton.

2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 Feb. iv. 15/3 New York City should simply convert approximately every 10th street to a green street, with widened sidewalks.

ˈwidener n. a person who or thing which widens; (now frequently with modifying word) a device or apparatus for widening something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > one who or that which expands or enlarges

alargera1425

enlarger1545

dilater1605

extender1611

widener1611

expander1862

mushroom1916

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Dilatateur, a dilatator, inlarger, widener; extender.

1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse iv. xiv. 172 The Wideners or Dilaters of the Chest [sc. muscles].

1844 R. Armitage Primitive Church in its Episcopacy 229 They will become more and more wideners of the breach, and not healers.

1908 Daily Chron. 21 Oct. 7/5 Then..it [sc. the glove] is ready for the dresser, who puts it into shape by means of sticks and wideners.

1959 Lancaster (Ohio) Eagle-Gaz. 28 July 7 (advt.) This new road widener is capable of laying 250 tons of asphalt mix per hour.

2010 Sci. News 10 Apr. 6/3 Theobromine is a blood vessel widener and heart stimulant found in chocolate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	widen
释义	widenv. Brit. /ˈwʌɪdn/, U.S. /ˈwaɪdən/ Forms: see wide adj. and -en suffix⁵. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wide adj., -en suffix⁵. Etymology: < wide adj. + -en suffix⁵. Compare earlier wide v. 1. a. transitive. To increase the width or spatial extent of. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] broada1250 room?1316 enlargec1380 largea1382 magnifya1382 alargec1384 spreada1387 amplify1432 brede1440 expanse1477 ampliatea1513 dilate1528 propagate1548 widen1566 explicate1578 expatiate1603 diduce1605 engross?1611 dilatate1613 biggen1643 promote1652 intend1658 expand1665 to run out1683 amplificate1731 broaden1744 outstretcha1758 largen1869 big1884 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > make broad or wide [verb (transitive)] wideOE brede1440 widen1566 broaden1861 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. f. 68^v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe As for cutting of the fundament I assure you I can not iudge what he shoulde meane thereby, vnlesse it be to wyden the fundament, by giuing it long slittes or cuttes on the out side. 1599 R. Surflet tr. A. Du Laurens Disc. Preserv. Sight i. vii. 31 The softest part of the sinew of sight, which naturally is giuen to dilate and widen it selfe. 1669 P. Staynred Compend. Fortification 8 in S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. You may..widen the Necks of the Gorges. 1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 127 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. A piece of Board, whereon the Dyers widen or stretch their Stockins. 1749 A. Hill Gideon (rev. ed.) i. xvi. 16 From hot Furnaces, the vap'ry Stream Mounts thick, and widens its evolving Steam. 1785 J. Phillips Treat. Inland Navigation 45 I would cleanse, widen, and deepen the river Stort. 1818 S. Weston La Scava 3 Under the pavement..we found foundations of a house that had been probably thrown down to widen the road. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xiv. 148 These split-off lines of ice were evidently in motion..widening their fissures. 1901 Railway Age 15 Mar. 240/1 We made the embankment 16 feet, expecting some time as opportunity offered to widen it out the full width of 20 feet. 1919 Eng. Rev. July 26 An outsweep of the left flanking hedge, widening the path for a few feet. 2014 Daily Mail 26 Aug. 36/2 The new tubes are used to widen partially blocked arteries. b. intransitive. To become wider in size or spatial extent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > become broad or wide [verb (intransitive)] widen1572 breadthen1717 broaden1727 flange1820 1572 T. Twyne tr. Dionysius Periegetes Surueye World sig. A.iiij It wideneth toward y^e north, and there is called the sea Adriaticum. 1581 W. Borough Discours Variation Cumpas x. sig. F.iii The true meridians reformedly set doune..doe necessarily widen Northwardes, and straighten to the Southwardes. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. vii. vi. 1130 A Channell, that..wheresoeuer it widened it might be about a Cros-bow shot. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 383/2 The Glans..is two pieces of Wood, square at top, and rounded off below, with an Iron Pin through both yet so as they may widen a little. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 118. ⁋10 An Extinguisher, with a little Knob at the upper End, and widening downward. 1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1769 66 The rocks below widen considerably, and their clifty sides are fringed with wood. 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 404 Of a very uniform breadth except that at each end it widens considerably. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xii. 89 The aperture, at first a mere crack, widened to a couple of feet. 1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography xi. 174 The current widens, and its speed is slackened. 1920 Sat. Westm. Gaz. 22 May 9/1 The streamlet widens into a pond. 1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond v. 48 The Hellespont..widened out presently into the sea of Marmara. 1979 J. Wainwright Brainwash xli. 177 Mad laughter seemed to tremble on his lips and his eyes widened with momentary mania. 2009 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 9 Jan. l6 Blood vessels widen..or go slack..so the blood is propelled headward. 2. transitive. To open wide or to the full extent; to set wide open. Also in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > open wide yawn1382 widen1567 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vi. f. 74 Their chappes with brawling widened are [L. dilatant patulos..rictus]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. v. 15 So, now the gates are ope:..'Tis for the followers Fortune..widens them, Not for the flyers. View more context for this quotation 1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 23 The gates thus widened..Their ample entrance to the English gaue. 1711 R. Steele et al. Lucubrations Isaac Bickerstaff (rev. ed.) III. 114 Why should there not be a Tax to make these Dogs widen their Gates? 1765 tr. A. Goudar Chinese Spy II. xxiv. 59 A religion which thus deals in mollifications for heaven, and whose superintendants thus either widen or contract the gates of hell at pleasure. 1868 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Jan. 219/2 The simple fact that she had found full occupation for her brain and hands would have greatened her heart and widened her eyes. 1899 C. Schurz Policy Imperialism 23 Our first imperialistic administration..has widened the gates again for a new foray of spoils politics in the public service. 1960 C. Richter Waters of Kronos iv. 62 ‘Won't you let me come in just for a minute and talk to you about Johnny Donner?’ ‘Johnny?’ she repeated, widening the door. 2013 K. Shepard Celestials vi. 127 Sampson..widened the door and stepped back, beckoning his foreman to enter. 3. a. transitive. To increase or extend the scope, range, or reach of; to broaden, make more comprehensive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase scope stretchc1430 eslargea1450 eslargish1484 widen1574 extend1584 enlarge1594 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. St. Paule to Galathians vi. f. 284^v There are many that wyden [Fr. eslargissent] their consciences to swallow vp a whole Oxe. 1656 C. Fleetwood Let. 5 Feb. in H. Cromwell Corr. (2007) 101 And surly did we all consider it arit, we should find too much of that as that which so widens the breach at this day. 1673 E. Stillingfleet Serm. Several Occasions viii. (Matt. xxi. 43) 161 I speak not these things to widen our differences or increase our animosities. 1675 in C. E. Pike Essex Papers (1913) II. 22 Parliament is like to sitt longer..for ye differences between ye houses are so widened. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. viii. 71 Ought I to widen my error, by obstinacy and resentment? 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. ix. 164 An event happened which widened the breach irreparably. 1812 W. S. Landor Count Julian i. i. 4 To..Widen the solitude of lonely sighs. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 106 The thoughts of men are widen'd with the process of the suns. 1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. xlvii The word ‘diaper’ became widened in its meaning. 1885 Manch. Examiner 13 July 5/5 The society is widening its scheme of operations. 1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door ii. 35 The classics widened my sense of the joy of life. 1968 E. Bowen Eva Trout (1969) ii. iv. 253 Greetings began..to be widened out into conversations. 2013 K. J. Fowler We are all completely beside Ourselves (2014) iii. vi. 140 I widened my search to the string of firebombings throughout Northern California. b. intransitive. To become wider in scope, range, or reach; to become broader or more comprehensive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)] greateOE grow1382 enlarge1481 to gain more feathers1600 spread1611 burnish1624 sizea1631 dilate1636 greaten1638 expatiate1650 widen1650 biggen1652 expand1791 magnify1814 1650 E. Williams Virgo Triumphans To Parl. sig. B2 A reall quarrell widening. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xi. 70 That..difference [between brutes and men]..which at last widens to so vast a distance. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 114 His wishes now rise one step above his station;..his prospects widen as he ascends. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xliii. 428 Florence..observed the estrangement between her father and Edith, and saw it widen more and more. 1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 169 These questions deepen and widen under our hand. 1915 Dial 59 375/1 The circle of their ardent admirers has steadily widened. 1976 E. Fromm To have or to Be? (1979) Introd. 12 The gap between rich and poor nations has ever widened. 2006 Vanity Fair Sept. 250/3 The conflict widened to Lebanon, in a spiral of violence that has silenced more modern elements and empowered the radicals and rejectionists. Derivatives ˈwidened adj. made or become wide or wider. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > expanded or enlarged openOE outlargeda1425 dilatedc1450 dilate1471 project?a1475 ampliated1570 enlarged1599 widened1612 extended1713 expanded1742 broadened1744 dilatate1846 larged?a1919 upsized1977 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > [adjective] > having great breadth or width > increased in breadth or width outlargeda1425 widened1612 broadened1744 prolate1846 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increased in scope widened1892 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 13 On her Easterne side sweet Leman gentlie slips Into her widened banks. 1679 J. Banks Destr. Troy v. 60 The widen'd Gates extend their longing Arms To let in proud Achilles. 1759 R. Smith Harmonics (ed. 2) viii. 181 If any slider be drawn back again, which the widened holes will permit, it will draw back the jacks in its narrow holes only. 1892 Daily News 6 Apr. 7/3 Good dividends and a widened market for the shares. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 7 Oct. 5/1 When we have our widened line system completed, it will be possible..to run express electric trains to and from Brighton. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 Feb. iv. 15/3 New York City should simply convert approximately every 10th street to a green street, with widened sidewalks. ˈwidener n. a person who or thing which widens; (now frequently with modifying word) a device or apparatus for widening something. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > one who or that which expands or enlarges alargera1425 enlarger1545 dilater1605 extender1611 widener1611 expander1862 mushroom1916 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Dilatateur, a dilatator, inlarger, widener; extender. 1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse iv. xiv. 172 The Wideners or Dilaters of the Chest [sc. muscles]. 1844 R. Armitage Primitive Church in its Episcopacy 229 They will become more and more wideners of the breach, and not healers. 1908 Daily Chron. 21 Oct. 7/5 Then..it [sc. the glove] is ready for the dresser, who puts it into shape by means of sticks and wideners. 1959 Lancaster (Ohio) Eagle-Gaz. 28 July 7 (advt.) This new road widener is capable of laying 250 tons of asphalt mix per hour. 2010 Sci. News 10 Apr. 6/3 Theobromine is a blood vessel widener and heart stimulant found in chocolate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † widenadv. Forms: Old English widan, Old English wydan, Middle English widen, Middle English widene, Middle English wyden, Middle English wydene. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Apparently < the Germanic base of wide adj. + a Germanic suffix forming adverbs expressing motion ‘from’ (see nethen adv.). Compare (with related suffix) Old High German wīteno far and wide (Middle High German wītene , wīten widely, to or from afar). Compare siden adv. Compare also wide adv.Early Middle English widen in the Caligula manuscript of Laȝamon’s Brut could alternatively be interpreted as a form of wide adv. showing nunnation, a very common feature of the language of this manuscript which has not been satisfactorily explained; however, compare occurrence of the form widene in the same manuscript. Obsolete. From or for a long distance; over a large area, widely.Cf. widen and siden (also siden and widen) at siden adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > over or through a great distance roomOE widenOE wideOE farc1200 widely1579 the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > far and wide > (from) far and wide widenOE OE Royal Charter: Æðelred II confirms the Will of Æðelric (Sawyer 939) in N. P. Brooks & S. E. Kelly Charters of Christ Church Canterbury, Pt. 2 (2013) 1004 His laf his hergeatu þam cincge to Cocham brohte þær he his witan widan gesomnod hæfde. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 58 Eneas þe duc mid his driht-folcke. widen iwalken. ȝend þat wide water. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 82 Þat word..þat was widene cuð. c1300 St. Mathias (Laud) l. 27 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 390 Men leten heom sechen wel widen out and bringue þere into place. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. Prol. l. 4 (MED) In Habite of an Hermite..Wende I wydene in þis world wondres to here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1566adv.OE
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widenv.

Derivatives

† widenadv.