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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Dilate \Di*late"\, a.
Extensive; expanded. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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.
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2. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or
diffusely. [R.]
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Dilate \Di*late"\, v. i.
1. To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all
directions.
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His heart dilates and glories in his strength.
--Addison.
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2. To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to
enlarge; -- with on or upon.
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But still on their ancient joys dilate. --Crabbe.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Dilate \Di*late"\, a.
Extensive; expanded. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
dilate
v 1: become wider; "His pupils were dilated" [syn: distend]
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, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge,
flesh out, expand, expound] [ant: abridge]
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
dilate
Αγγλικά vb.
διαστέλλω
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
dilate
Latin part.p.
(inflection of la dīlātus voc m s)
Portuguese vb.
(pt-verb form of: dilatar)
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
2 (lb en intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
3 (lb en ambitransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in
narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
dilate
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
2 (lb en intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
3 (lb en ambitransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in
narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
dilate
Latin part.p.
(inflection of la dīlātus voc m s)
Portuguese vb.
(pt-verb form of: dilatar)
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
2 (lb en intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
3 (lb en ambitransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in
narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
dilate
Latin part.p.
(inflection of la dīlātus voc m s)
Portuguese vb.
(pt-verb form of: dilatar)
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
2 (lb en intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
3 (lb en ambitransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in
narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
dilate
Engelska vb.
dilatera, vidga, utvidga, förminska eller förstora
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Dilate /daɪlˈeɪt/
توسّع
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
dilate //daɪˈleɪt//
1. разпростирам се, разширявам се
to become wider or larger; to expand
2. разтварям, разширявам
to enlarge; to make bigger
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
dilate /daɪlˈeɪt/
roztáhnout
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
dilate /daɪlˈeɪt/
rozšířit se
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
dilate /daɪlˈeɪt/
erweitern, weiten, dehnen
see: dilating, dilated, dilates, dilated, undilated
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
dilate /daɪlˈeɪt/
sich erweitern, sich weiten
see: dilating, dilated
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
dilate //daɪˈleɪt//
1. laajentua, laajeta
to become wider or larger; to expand
2. laajentaa
to enlarge; to make bigger
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
dilate /daɪlˈeɪt/
rastegnuti, raširiti se
From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
dilate /daɪˈleɪt/
rozszerzać się
From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]
dilate /daɪlˈeɪt/
dilatar
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
dilate /daɪlˈeɪt/
1. genişletmek, kabartmak, açmak, şişirmek, büyütmek
2. on veya upon ile tafsilata girişmek: genişlemek, kabarmak, şişmek. dila'tion, dilata'tion açılma, genişleme.
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˌdaɪˈɫeɪt/
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "dilate":
add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, bag, balloon, belly,
belly out, bilge, billow, bloat, blow up, bouge, broaden, bug,
build, build up, bulge, bulk, bulk out, crescendo, descant,
describe, detail, develop, discuss, dissert, dissertate, distend,
elaborate, enlarge, enlarge upon, evolve, expand, expatiate,
explicate, extend, fill out, goggle, greaten, hike, hike up, huff,
increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, narrate, particularize,
pooch, pop, pouch, pout, prolong, protract, puff, puff up, pump,
pump up, raise, rarefy, recite, recount, rehearse,
rehearse in extenso, relate, relate at large, round out, sermonize,
snowball, stretch, sufflate, swell, swell out, tumefy, unfold, up,
widen, work out
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 扩大,详述;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vi. 扩大,详述,膨胀
vt. 使膨胀
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