The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Widen \Wid"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Widened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Widening.]
To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the
width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a
stocking.
[1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "widened":
accelerated, aggrandized, ampliate, amplified, augmented,
beefed-up, bloated, boosted, broadened, built-up, crescendoed,
deepened, elevated, enhanced, enlarged, expanded, extended,
heightened, hiked, increased, inflated, intensified, jazzed up,
magnified, multiplied, proliferated, raised, reinforced, spread,
stiffened, strengthened, swollen, tightened, upped