- (v.t.) To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat.
- (v.i.) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon.
- (a.) Extensive; expanded.
- (v.t.) To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.
- (v.i.) To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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