dilate
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See also dilaté
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old (and modern) French dilater, from Latin dilatare ‘spread out’, from di- + latus ‘wide’.
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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 enlarge; to make bigger
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
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dīlāte
- vocative masculine singular of dīlātus
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dilate (infinitive dilatar)
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