Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Wide (wider)
wide (wider), adj. [OE wid.] (webplay: between, broad, certain, far, feet, great, long, narrow, sides, spread, way).
- Unbroken; apparently limitless.
- Brighter; more brilliant.
- Broad; huge; vast; limitless; [fig.] heavenly; eternal.
- Bleak; empty.
- More comprehensive; more absorbent; more all encompassing.
- Open; believing; innocent; without skepticism.
- Free; unlimited; without constraint.
- Outreach; ambition; extension.
- Extensive; lethal.
- Inviting; welcoming; available for entrance.
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