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In some senses, dilate is marked as obsolete, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
beyond, full
VERB + DILATE
eye, favour, tucted, use
DILATE + NOUN
ab, pupil, pupils, remembrance
PREP.
with, with
verb
To enlarge; to make bigger.
The eye doctor put drops in my eye to dilate the pupil so he could see the nerve better.
To become wider or larger; to expand.
His heart dilates and glories in his strength.
To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
Do me the favour to dilate at full / What hath befallen of them and thee till now.
But still they on their ancient joys dilate.
To use a dilator to widen (something, such as a vagina).
An experimenter in New York has recently advocated what he is pleased to call temporary forcible dilatation of the trachea in the treatment of membranous croup, his idea being to introduce into the trachea a dilator and to forcibly dilate, every few hours if need be, and he reports favorable results.
In very tight and obstinate stricture I sometimes dilate every day, but as soon as it has been stretched up to 23 or 24, I dilate every other day, or at greater intervals, keeping the instrument in place several minutes.
verb
To delay, defer.
Without more time delated.
To prolong, lengthen.
A […] way to dilate a remembrance beyond the banks of Forgetfulness.
adj
Carried in different ways, spread, abroad, dispersed, published.
Returne the lords this voyce, we aré their creature : And it is fit, a good, and honeſt prince, Whom they, out of their bounty, haue inſtucted With ſo dilate, and abſolute a power, Should owe the office of it, to their ſeruice ; And good of all, and euery citizen.
The eye doctor put drops in my eye to dilate the pupil so he could see the nerve better.
WiktionaryHis heart dilates and glories in his strength.
WiktionaryDo me the favour to dilate at full / What hath befallen of them and thee till now.
WiktionaryWithout more time delated.
WiktionaryA […] way to dilate a remembrance beyond the banks of Forgetfulness.
WiktionaryReturne the lords this voyce, we aré their creature : And it is fit, a good, and honeſt prince, Whom they, out of their bounty, haue inſtucted With ſo dilate, and abſolute a power, Should owe the offi
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In some senses, dilate is marked as obsolete, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.