وسع

5 تَوَسَّعَ ذ [ He became, or made himself, ample, or abundant, in his circumstances; or in his means of subsistence; for توسّع فِى عَيْشِهِ;] i. q. تَرَفَّغَ. (S, in art. رفغ.) ― -b2- تَوَسَّعَ He took a wide, an ample, or a large, range, فِى أَمْرٍ, in an affair. ― -b3- تَوَسَّعَ فِى السَّخَاآءِ (assumed tropical:) [ He took a wide, or an ample range, or was profuse, in bounty, or munificence ]. (S, K, in art. خرق.) ― -b4- It expanded itself, spread out, dilated, widened. ― -b5- He expatiated. One says, توسّع فِى الدَّارِ, and لَهُ سَاحَةٌ يتوسّع فِيهَا. (TA, voce تركّح.) ― -b6- He strode, in walking. ― -b7- تَوَسَّعُوا فِيهِ حَتَّى أَطْلَقُوهُ عَلَى كَذَا They extended its (a word's) signification, or amplified in respect of it, or rather, took an extended range in using it, so that they applied it to such a thing. (The lexicons, &c., passim.) ― -b8- تَوَسَّعَ: see تَبَقَّرَ.