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Dilate: To stretch or enlarge. It comes from the Latin verb "dilatare" meaning "to enlarge or expand."
verb (used with object) 1. to make wider or larger; cause to expand. 2. Archaic . to describe or develop at length. verb (used without object) 3. to spread out ...
Definition of DILATE. transitive verb. 1. archaic: to describe or set forth at length or in detail . 2: to enlarge or expand in bulk or extent : distend, widen
di·late (d-l t, d l t) v. di·lat·ed, di·lat·ing, di·lates. v. tr. To make wider or larger; cause to expand. v. intr. 1. To become wider or larger; expand.
v. , -lat·ed , -lat·ing , -lates . v.tr. To make wider or larger; cause to expand. v.intr. To become wider or larger; expand. To speak or write at great length on a ...
To enlarge; to make bigger. The eye doctor put drops in my eye to dilate the pupil so he could see the nerve better. · (intransitive) To become wider or ...