DILATE
\da͡ɪlˈe͡ɪt], \daɪlˈeɪt], \d_aɪ_l_ˈeɪ_t]\
Definitions of DILATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
By Princeton University
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add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.
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To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.
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Extensive; expanded.
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To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; - with on or upon.
By Oddity Software
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To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.
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To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.
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Extensive; expanded.
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To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; - with on or upon.
By Noah Webster.
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To enlarge or widen in all directions; distend.
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To be extended or enlarged; speak fully and copiously.
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Dilation.
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Dilatable.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To spread out in all directions: to enlarge: the opp. of CONTRACT.
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To widen: to swell out: to speak at length.
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DILATER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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