dilate

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Synonyms: dilute, pilate, delate, dimate, filate, diate, dilat

Antonyms: dilute, pilate, delate, dimate, filate, diate, dilat

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Verb

1. To enlarge; to make bigger.
   • The eye doctor put drops in my eye to dilate the pupil so he could see the nerve better.
2. To become wider or larger; to expand.
   • His heart dilates and glories in his strength.
3. To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
4. To use a dilator to widen (something, such as a vagina).

Verb

1. To delay, defer.
2. To prolong, lengthen.

Adjective

1. Carried in different ways, spread, abroad, dispersed, published.

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