A*broad" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + broad.]
1. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space;
as, a tree
spreads its branches abroad.
The fox roams far abroad.
Prior.
2.
Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to
walk abroad.
I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad.
Evelyn.
3. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and
enemies abroad. "Another prince . . . was living abroad." Macaulay.
4. Before the public at
large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.
He went out, and began to publish it
much, and to
blaze abroad the matter.
Mark i. 45.
To be abroad. (a)
To be wide of the mark; to be at fault; as,
you are all abroad in your guess. (b)
To be at a loss or
nonplused.
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