dilate
See also: dilaté
English
Etymology
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From Middle French dilater, from Latin dīlātō (“I spread out”), from di- (variant of dis-) + latus (“wide”).
Pronunciation
Verb
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- (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.
- His heart dilates and glories in his strength.
- (transitive, intransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
- Shakespeare
- Do me the favour to dilate at full / What hath befallen of them and thee till now.
- Crabbe
- But still on their ancient joys dilate.
- Shakespeare
- (medicine, intransitive) To use a dilator to widen the neovagina after transgender surgery.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
To enlarge; to make bigger
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To become wider or larger; to expand
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See also
Anagrams
French
Verb
dilate
- inflection of dilater:
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) dīlāte
Portuguese
Verb
dilate
Spanish
Verb
dilate
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