Dilaniate :: Dilaniate (v. t.) To rend in pieces; to tear.
Dilaniation :: Dilaniation (n.) A rending or tearing in pieces; dilaceration.
Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. t.) To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a building..
Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. t.) To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.
Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. i.) To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate..
Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered..
Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention..
Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay..
Dilapidator :: Dilapidator (n.) One who causes dilapidation.
Dilatability :: Dilatability (n.) The quality of being dilatable, or admitting expansion; -- opposed to contractibility..
Dilatable :: Dilatable (a.) Capable of expansion; that may be dilated; -- opposed to contractible; as, the lungs are dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable by heat..
Dilatation :: Dilatation (n.) The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al/ sides; the state of being dilated; dilation.
Dilatation :: Dilatation (n.) A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.
Dilatator :: Dilatator (n.) A muscle which dilates any part; a dilator.
Dilate :: Dilate (v. t.) 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..
Dilate :: Dilate (v. t.) To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.
Dilate :: Dilate (v. i.) To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.
Dilate :: Dilate (v. i.) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon.