Definition of dilate

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Dilate (v. i.) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon.

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Fill :: Fill (a.) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails..
Distensible :: Distensible (a.) Capable of being distended or dilated.
Subdititious :: Subdilated (a.) Partially dilated.
Tunicata :: Tunicata (n. pl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and se
Dilator :: Dilator (n.) A muscle that dilates any part.
Gynobase :: Gynobase (n.) A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary..
Dilatedly :: Dilatedly (adv.) In a dilated manner.
Dilate :: Dilate (v. t.) To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.
Sinus :: Sinus (n.) A dilated vessel or canal.
Stente :: Stenostome (a.) Having a small or narrow mouth; -- said of certain small ground snakes (Opoterodonta), which are unable to dilate their jaws..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
Enlarge :: Enlarge (v. i.) To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.
Phyllodium :: Phyllodium (n.) A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias..
Dilated :: Dilated (a.) Having the margin wide and spreading.
Expand :: Expand (v. i.) To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy..
Dilated :: Dilated (imp. & p. p.) of Dilat.
Tent :: Tent (n.) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges..
Enlarge :: Enlarge (v. t.) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind..
Dilation :: Dilation (n.) The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation..
Amplify :: Amplify (v. i.) To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon.
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