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verb

Dilate v. t. (past & past part. dilated; pres. part. dilating)

To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat.

To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely. (R.) "Do me the favor to dilate at full What hath befallen of them and thee till now."

Synonyms: To expand; swell; distend; enlarge; spread out; amplify; expatiate.

Dilate v. i.

To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions. "His heart dilates and glories in his strength."

To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with on or upon. "But still on their ancient joys dilate."

adjective

Dilate adj. Extensive; expanded. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Dilate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dilate" Quotes from Famous Books

... nature, through the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense, And speak, O man! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Caesar's fate, Amid the crowd of patriots, and his arm Aloft extending, like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's ...

— A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence • Cornelius Tacitus

... Desire's desk, whereon the Pratt girl had dropped it; saw the two girls grab for it; heard it crash from the seat to the floor with what seemed to him a deafening roar. Nor is this all that the harrowing tale might disclose. It might dilate upon the horror that wrenched Piggy's spine as he watched the teacher's finger crook a signal for the note to be brought forward. It would be manifestly cruel and clearly unnecessary to describe the forces which impelled the psychic wave of suggestion that inundated the school—even ...

— The Court of Boyville • William Allen White

... believe his own ears,—and in his astonishment he looked up at her. Looking, he recoiled and shrank into himself, like a convicted knave before some queenly accuser. The whole form of the girl seemed to dilate with indignation. From her proud mouth, arched like a bow, sprang barbed arrows of scorn that flew straightly and ...

— Thelma • Marie Corelli

... and her naval and military men, would appear to have imbibed of some distillation of their Emperor's exaggerated pride, and found it too heady an elixir for their sanity. It would ill become us to dilate at length upon the extremes into which their arrogance and luxuriousness led them. With regard, at all events, to the luxury and indulgence, we ourselves had been very far from guiltless. But it may be that our extravagance was less deadly, for the reason that it was of slower growth. Certain ...

— The Message • Alec John Dawson

... alkaloid, C17H23NO3, obtained from belladonna and related plants. Used to dilate the pupils of the eyes and ...

— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

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