"breadthen" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: breadthens [present, singular, third-person], breadthening [participle, present], breadthened [participle, past], breadthened [past]
Etymology: From breadth + -en (verbal suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|breadth|-en<pos:verbal suffix><id:inchoative>|text=+|tree=1}} From breadth + -en (verbal suffix). Head templates: {{en-verb}} breadthen (third-person singular simple present breadthens, present participle breadthening, simple past and past participle breadthened)
  1. (transitive) To increase in breadth. Tags: transitive Synonyms: broaden, widen

Inflected forms

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