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widely(dictionary)
hydrate(2)(dictionary)
hydrate(1)(dictionary)
hydrate(medicine)
hydrate 2, noun(dictionary)
hydrate 1, verb(dictionary)
triketohydrindene hydrate(medicine)
aluminum hydrate(medicine)
hydrate crystal(medicine)

hydrate(2) (iou) and widely (iou)


hydrate(2) (iou)



hydrate verb. M19.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Cause to combine chemically with water; cause to absorb water. M19.
verb intrans. Undergo hydration. E20.
hy'dratable adjective M20.
hy'dration noun the action of hydrating something; the condition of being hydrated: M19.
hydrator noun a hydrating agent M20.

widely (iou)



widely adverb. L16.
[from WIDE adjective + -LY2.]
Over or through a wide area; in or to various places. L16.
E. Waugh A man of many interests..well read, widely travelled.
With, at, or by a wide interval or intervals (of space or time); far apart. L16.
Dickens Widely staring eyes.
Over a wide range; in relation to many or various things, subjects, cases, etc.; extensively. L17.
C. P. Snow I began to read widely outside science. O. Manning Nowadays we do not use the word so widely.
To a large extent, considerably; esp. so as to be far apart in Nature, character, etc. Formerly also, so as to be wide of the mark. L17.
M. Edgeworth Negligence and inhumanity are widely different.