Definition of Dilate

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Dilate

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.

To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.

To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.

To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon.

Extensive; expanded.

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Dilate Translations

dilate in Italian is ampliare
dilate in Spanish is dilatar, acgrandar
dilate in Swedish is utvidga

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