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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
di·late       [dahy-leyt, di-, dahy-leyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
2.Archaic. to describe or develop at length.
–verb (used without object)
3.to spread out; expand.
4.to speak or write at length; expatiate (often fol. by on or upon).

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME dilaten < MF dilater, L dīlātāre to spread out, equiv. to dī- di-2 + lāt(us) broad + -āre inf. suffix]

di·lat·a·bil·i·ty, noun
di·lat·a·ble, adjective

1. See expand.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
di·late       (dī-lāt', dī'lāt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   di·lat·ed, di·lat·ing, di·lates

v.   tr.
To make wider or larger; cause to expand.

v.   intr.
  1. To become wider or larger; expand.
  2. To speak or write at great length on a subject; expatiate.


[Middle English dilaten, from Old French dilater, from Latin dīlātāre, to enlarge : dī-, dis-, apart; see dis- + lātus, wide.]

di·lat'a·bil'i·ty n., di·lat'a·ble adj., di·lat'a·bly adv., di·la'tive adj.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dilate 
1393, from O.Fr. dilater, from L. dilatare "make wider, enlarge," from dis- "apart" + latus "wide" (see latitude)

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dilate

verb
1. become wider; "His pupils were dilated" 
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] [ant: abbreviate

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

dilate di·late (dī-lāt', dī'lāt')
v. di·lat·ed, di·lat·ing, di·lates
To make or become wider or larger.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

2. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely. [R.]

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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Dilate

Di*late"\, v. i. 1. To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.

His heart dilates and glories in his strength. --Addison.

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

But still on their ancient joys dilate. --Crabbe.

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Dilate

Di*late"\, a. Extensive; expanded. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

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