widen Copy link Outline 1. dīlāto, 12. extendo, di, tum, 33. laxo, 14. amplĭfĭco, 1 • widen: 1. dīlāto, 1: to w. a camp, dilatare castra, Liv. 27, 46. 2. extendo, di, tum, 3: he bade the plains w., the valleys sink, jussit et extendi campos, subsidere valles, Ov. M. 1, 43. 3. laxo, 1: that we might w. the forum, ut forum laxaremus, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14. 4. amplĭfĭco, 1: the city seemed to need w.ing, urbs amplificanda visa est, Liv. 1, 44.