Word
Dilate
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
di-late
Definition
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously
or diffusely.
- v. i. - To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all
directions.
- v. i. - To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration;
to enlarge; -- with on or upon.
- a. - Extensive; expanded.
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