widthen

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English

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Etymology

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From width +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

Verb

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widthen (third-person singular simple present widthens, present participle widthening, simple past and past participle widthened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, rare, nonstandard) To increase in width, or increase the width of; make or become wider or broader
    • 1984, Michael J. Harrison, Sidney A. Gauthreaux, Lilia A. Abron-Robinson, Proceedings, Wildlife Hazards to Aircraft Conference and Training Workshop:
      For the last few years this group has widthened its sphere of interest and is now called Communications and Flight Procedures Group.
    • 2016, Graeme Fowler, Absolutely Foxed:
      He used to hit the ball straight back, and as he batted over time his game, as he put it, 'widthened', until ultimately he could cut and pull.

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