A-broad', adv.

(brawd'), adv. [Pref. a and broad, q. v.]

1. At large; widely; without confinement within narrow limits; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad. “The fox roams far abroad.” Prior. Hence,
2. Beyond or out of a house, camp, or other inclosure; 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, to go abroad for an education; we have broils at home and enemies abroad.
4. Before the public at large; extensively.

He ... began ... to blaze abroad the matter. Mark i. 45.