Definition of dilate

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Dilate (a.) Extensive; expanded.

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Dilated :: Dilated (imp. & p. p.) of Dilat.
Amplify :: Amplify (v. i.) To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon.
Tunicata :: Tunicata (n. pl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and se
Sinus :: Sinus (n.) A dilated vessel or canal.
Glasseye :: Glasseye (n.) A species of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis.
Stromeyerite :: Strombus (n.) A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch..
Artichoke :: Artichoke (n.) The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food..
Dilate :: Dilate (v. i.) To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.
Dilate :: Dilate (a.) Extensive; expanded.
Fill :: Fill (a.) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails..
Delate :: Delate (v. i.) To dilate.
Dilated :: Dilated (a.) Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages.
Dilated :: Dilated (a.) Having the margin wide and spreading.
Enlarge :: Enlarge (v. t.) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind..
Receptacle :: Receptacle (n.) The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.
Dilatator :: Dilatator (n.) A muscle which dilates any part; a dilator.
Dilated :: Dilated (a.) Expanded; enlarged.
Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc..
Expansive :: Expansive (a.) Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air..
Dilative :: Dilative (a.) Causing dilation; tending to dilate, on enlarge; expansive..
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