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v. To make wider or larger; cause to expand.

verb-intransitive. To become wider or larger; expand.

verb-intransitive. To speak or write at great length on a subject; expatiate.

v. To enlarge; to make bigger.

v. To become wider or larger; to expand.

v. To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract

v. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.

verb-intransitive. To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.

verb-intransitive. To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon.

adj. Extensive; expanded.

To expand; distend; spread out; enlarge or extend in all directions: as, air dilates the lungs; to dilate the pupil of the eye.

To set forth at length; relate at large; relute or describe with full particulars; enlarge upon.

Synonyms To swell, spread out, amplify.

To spread out; expand; distend; swell; enlarge.

To speak at length; dwell on particulars; enlarge; expatiate; descant: used absolutely or with upon or on.

Broad; extended.

v. become wider

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

"WORDS ACCENTED ON THE LAST SYLLABLE: address _address'_ adept _adept'_ adult _adult'_ ally _ally'_ commandant _commandänt '(ä as in arm) _ contour _contour'_ dessert _dessert'_ dilate _dilate'_ excise _eksiz'_ finance _finance'_ grimace _grimace'_ importune _importune'_ occult _occult'_ pretence _pretence'_ research _research'_ robust _robust'_ romance _romance'_ tirade _tirade'_"

dilated    dilates    dilating   

widen   

dilute   

dilatable    dilatably    dilatability    dilative    dilation   

expatiate    enlarge    swell    expand    spread out    distend    amplify    extensive    expanded   

Ate    Cate    Est    Fate    Haight    Iwate    Kate    Kuwait    Nate    Solid-state   

time-delayed    slitlike    goose egg    tunnellike    full-dressed    drop-out    hardish    drug-addled    scarlet-coated    7-year-old