widen

CEFRB1

/ˈwaɪdn̩/

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The widening works include the rebuilding of the skew bridge near Northwood to take four tracks, and to enable the Rickmansworth Road to be widened to 60 ft.; […].
1959 November 26, “Notes and News: Harrow-Rickmansworth Widening”, in Railway Magazine, page 802
But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced.
2011 September 29, Tom Rostance, “Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas”, in BBC Sport
While the primary focus of the Sexual Orientation Committee had been to lobby for gay rights legislation, the new Task Force hopes to widen its activities. The Task Force ― in addition to lobbying — hopes to function as an "umbrella organization," facilitating communication between the state's many gay groups.
1976 December 18, “Connecticut Task”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 2
Correspondent Gerardo Arreola interviewed Castro Espín for the Jan. 9, 2006, issue of La Jornada about the move to widen rights for transsexuals.
2007 August 6, Leslie Feinberg, “Cuba's CENESEX proposes ground-breaking transsexual rights”, in Workers World

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PIE word *dwóh₁ From wide + -en (verbal suffix).