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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
dilate
v 1: become wider; "His pupils were dilated" [syn: dilate,
distend]
2: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of
and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She
elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn:
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge,
flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant:
abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten,
reduce, shorten]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Dilate \Di*late"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dilated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Dilating.] [L. dilatare; either fr. di- = dis-
+ latus wide, not the same word as latus, used as p. p. of
ferre to bear (see Latitude); or fr. dilatus, used as p. p.
of differre to separate (see Delay, Tolerate, Differ,
and cf. Dilatory): cf. F. dilater.]
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.
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2. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or
diffusely. [R.]
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Do me the favor to dilate at full
What hath befallen of them and thee till now.
--Shak.
Syn: To expand; swell; distend; enlarge; spread out; amplify;
expatiate.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Dilate \Di*late"\, v. i.
1. To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all
directions.
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His heart dilates and glories in his strength.
--Addison.
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2. To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to
enlarge; -- with on or upon.
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But still on their ancient joys dilate. --Crabbe.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Dilate \Di*late"\, a.
Extensive; expanded. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Thesaurus Results for Dilate:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, bag, balloon, belly, belly out, bilge, billow, bloat, blow up, bouge, broaden, bug, build, build up, bulge, bulk, bulk out, crescendo, descant, describe, detail, develop, discuss, dissert, dissertate, distend, elaborate, enlarge, enlarge upon, evolve, expand, expatiate, explicate, extend, fill out, goggle, greaten, hike, hike up, huff, increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, narrate, particularize, pooch, pop, pouch, pout, prolong, protract, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, raise, rarefy, recite, recount, rehearse, rehearse in extenso, relate, relate at large, round out, sermonize, snowball, stretch, sufflate, swell, swell out, tumefy, unfold, up, widen, work out |
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Common Misspellings > |
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