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Definition of Dilative
1. a. Causing dilation; tending to dilate, on enlarge; expansive.
Definition of Dilative
1. Adjective. That dilates, or causes dilation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dilative
1. tending to dilate [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dilative
Literary usage of Dilative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1824)
"Their dilative or erectile powers are called into action immediately, and they
swell with blood independent of any alteration in the action of the ..."
2. The Science and art of obstetrics by Sheldon Leavitt (1901)
"... a sphincter is formed, attributing to the cervix Fio dilative powers.
Though questioned by many, this dual action of the os cannot positively be denied. ..."
3. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Frank Hesketh Peters (1881)
"L ' . ... ne intellect every mental habit implies) some aim which the dilative:
we * ' tific, (2) cai- rational man keeps in view when he is regulating his ..."
4. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1862)
"The chief article of hie spc- — S. dilative belief was that Mahomet would • The
first sect that arose among the return to life, whence his sect was ..."
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