Third person singular present tense of broaden; causes something to become wider or expands it in scope or understanding.
From broad plus -en plus -s (third person singular), conjugated form showing ongoing present action.
When you say 'education broadens the mind,' you're using a metaphor that's so old and so perfect that we barely notice it—the word literally means to widen, and that's exactly what happens to our thinking.
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