اِتَّسَعَ

1.
It (a man's state, or condition, &c.) became free from straitness, or unstraitened.
2.
اِتَّسَعَ عَيْشُهُ [His means, or circumstances, of life became ample, or plentiful]. (Msb, article نعم.)
3.
اِتَّسَعَ It widened, became wide, dilated, or expanded.
4.
اِتَّسَعَ بَطْنُهُ His belly became wide, or distended.
5.
اِتَّسَعَ لِأَمْرٍ He was capable of doing a thing. An instance occurs in the TA, voce أَوْهَبَ.
6.
اِتِّسَاعُ البِيءْرِ i. q. جِرَابُهَا [The interior of the well]. (K, article جرب.) See also 5, in article عقد.
7.
اِتَّسَعَ الخَرْقُ عَلَى الرَّاقِعِ The hole was wide to the pitcher: see خَرْقٌ.
8.
اِتِّسَاعٌ Extension of the signification of a word or phrase: an amplification. (The lexicons, &c., passim.)

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