WIDE, WIDEN
ADJECTIVES
► BEAMY broad, wide, usually of a person; having a big backside → 1974 Amer. dial.
► LATE broad, wide → 1657 obs.
► SCOPIOUS wide, spacious → 1599 obs.
ADVERBS
► AWIDE wide, widely → 1610 obs.
VERBS
► ELAXATE to loosen; to widen → 1656 obs.
► LARGE to enlarge, to increase, to widen → a1340 obs.
► PATULICATE to be opened, or made wide; to become open, to expand → 1656 obs.