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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