Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking. 2. (v. i.) To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.

Multi-Version Concordance Widen (2 Occurrences) Matthew 23:5 And everything they do they do with a view to being observed by men; for they widen their phylacteries and make the tassels large, (WEY) 2 Corinthians 6:13 Now to give me back payment of the same sort (I am talking as to my children), let your hearts be wide open to me. (See RSV)