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open (?), a. [AS. open; akin to D. open, OS. opan, G. offan, Icel. opinn, Sw. ppen, Dan. aaben, and perh.
| open | (?), a. [AS. open; akin to D. open, OS. opan, G. offan, Icel. opinn, Sw. ppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to E. up. Cf. Up, and Ope.] 1.
Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead.
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| open | (?), n.
Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees or obstructions; open ocean; open water. To sail into the open. Jowett (Thucyd.).
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-Then we got into the open. W. Black.
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In open, In th open, in full view; without concealment; openly. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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| open | v. t. [imp. & p. p. Opened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Opening.] [AS. openian. See Open,a.] 1.
To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room; to open a letter.
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| open | , v. i. 1.
To unclose; to form a hole, breach, or gap; to be unclosed; to be parted.
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-The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. Ps. cvi. 17.
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2.
To expand; to spread out; to be disclosed; as, the harbor opened to our view.
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3.
To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the battery opened upon the enemy.
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4. (Sporting)
To bark on scent or view of the game.
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