وسع

8 اِتَّسَعَ ذ It (a man's state, or condition, &c.) became free from straitness, or unstraitened. ― -b2- اِتَّسَعَ عَيْشُهُ [ His means, or circumstances, of life became ample, or plentiful ]. (Msb, art. نعم.) ― -b3- اِتَّسَعَ It widened, became wide, dilated, or expanded. ― -b4- اِتَّسَعَ بَطْنُهُ His belly became wide, or distended. ― -b5- اِتَّسَعَ لِأَمْرٍ He was capable of doing a thing. An instance occurs in the TA, voce أَوْهَبَ. ― -b6- اِتِّسَاعُ البِئْرِ i. q. جِرَابُهَا [ The interior of the well ]. (K, art. جرب.) See also 5, in art. عقد. ― -b7- اِتَّسَعَ الخَرْقُ عَلَى الرَّاقِعِ The hole was wide to the pitcher: see خَرْقٌ. ― -b8- اِتِّسَاعٌ Extension of the signification of a word or phrase: an amplification. (The lexicons, &c., passim.)