Obs. [f. WIDE a.; cf. ON. víða; OE. wídian app. did not survive.] trans. To make wide or wider: = WIDEN v. 2; in 2nd quot. to set widely apart.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 8232. Þan dide þe king tilward þat side þat orchiard al for to wide.
c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., III. 923. And wide hem so that, though the winde him shake, No drope of oon vntil another take.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 526/2. Wydyn, or make wyde, dilato.
