<OL TYPE="1"><LI>to open by dividing or drawing asunder, to open thoroughly (what had been closed)<OL TYPE="a"><LI>a male opening the womb (the closed matrix), i.e. the first-born<LI>of the eyes and the ears<LI>to open the mind of one, i.e. to cause to understand a thing<OL TYPE="1"><LI>to open one's soul, i.e. to rouse in one the faculty of understanding or the desire of learning</OL></OL></OL>