dilate
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See also dilaté
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From Old (and modern) French dilater, from Latin dilatare ‘spread out’, from di- + latus ‘wide’.
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to dilate (third-person singular simple present dilates, present participle dilating, simple past and past participle dilated)
- (transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
- The eye doctor put drops in my eye to dilate the pupil so he could see the nerve better.
- (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
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To become wider or larger; to expand
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dilate
- first-person singular present indicative of dilater.
- third-person singular present indicative of dilater.
- first-person singular present subjunctive of dilater.
- first-person singular present subjunctive of dilater.
- second-person singular imperative of dilater.
