abroad

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ABROAD, adverb abrawd'. [See Broad] In a general sense, at large; widely; not confined to narrow limits. Hence, 1. In the open air. 2. Beyond or out of the walls of a house, as to walk abroad 3. Beyond the limits of a camp. Deuteronomy 23:10 4. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries - as to go abroad for an education. We have broils at home and enemies abroad 5. Extensively; before the public at large. He began to blaze abroad the matter. Mark 1:45. Esther 1:17. 6. Widely; with expansion; as a tree spreads its branches abroad
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