Sekirov Dictionary

dilate

/daɪˈleɪt/

verb 6
adjective 1
forms 7

verb6

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To enlarge; to make bigger.
- The eye doctor put drops in my eye to dilate the pupil so he could see the nerve better.
•
To become wider or larger; to expand.
- His heart dilates and glories in his strength.
•
To use a dilator to widen (something, such as a vagina).
- He gave her some of the dilators he used to dilate her vagina shortly after the surgery and encouraged her to do it frequently. — 2010
•
To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
- Do me the favour to dilate at full / What hath befallen of them and thee till now. — 1594
•
(no longer used) To prolong, lengthen.
- A […] way to dilate a remembrance beyond the banks of Forgetfulness. — 1658
•
(no longer used) To delay, defer.
- Without more time delated. — 1556

adjective1

(no longer used) Carried in different ways, spread, abroad, dispersed, published.

forms

dilated · dilating · dilates · dilateth · dilatest · more dilate · most dilate

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