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Definition of Dilate
1. Verb. Become wider. "His pupils were dilated"
Generic synonyms: Widen
Derivative terms: Dilatation, Dilatation, Dilation, Dilator, Dilator, Dilator, Distensible, Distension, Distension, Distention
2. Verb. Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. "They dilate that there was a traffic accident "; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
Generic synonyms: Clarify, Clear Up, Elucidate
Specialized synonyms: Detail, Exposit, Expound, Set Forth, Exemplify, Illustrate, Instance, Particularise, Particularize, Specialise, Specialize, Specify
Derivative terms: Dilation, Elaboration, Elaboration, Enlargement, Expansion, Expansion, Expatiation, Exposition, Exponent, Expository, Expounding, Lucubration
Antonyms: Contract
Definition of Dilate
1. 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.
2. v. i. To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.
3. a. Extensive; expanded.
Definition of Dilate
1. Verb. (transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dilate
1. to make wider or larger [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]
Medical Definition of Dilate
1. 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) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dilate
Literary usage of Dilate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1877)
"... or any other of the devices which forcibly dilate the lungs, can hardly fail
to remove the nidus of disease, which exists in an astonishing; ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"The tendency was generally to restrict the function of the Messiah in this world
and dilate upon the eon of the next world at the termination of the ..."
3. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1847)
"... and as a letter from you may reach me before we shall meet, I pray you to
dilate fully upon the several points here brought to your consideration. ..."
4. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"It would be superflous that I should dilate any more on that object, of which
you can feel the consequences much better than IJ Adams to Van Bleis wick, ..."
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