meaning of dilate
1. 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.
2. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.
3. To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.
4. To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon.
5. Extensive; expanded.
6. become wider; "His pupils were
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Related Words
dilate | dilated | dilatedly | dilater |
