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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Dilate \Di*late"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dilated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Dilating}.] [L. dilatare; either fr. di- = dis-
     + latus wide, not the same word as latus, used as p. p. of
     ferre to bear (see {Latitude}); or fr. dilatus, used as p. p.
     of differre to separate (see {Delay}, {Tolerate}, {Differ},
     and cf. {Dilatory}): cf. F. dilater.]
     1. 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.
  
     2. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or
        diffusely. [R.]
  
              Do me the favor to dilate at full What hath befallen
              of them and thee till now.            --Shak.
  
     Syn: To expand; swell; distend; enlarge; spread out; amplify;
          expatiate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Dilated \Di*lat"ed\, a.
     1. Expanded; enlarged. --Shak.
  
     2. (Bot.) Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike
        appendages.
  
     3. (Zo["o]l.) Having the margin wide and spreading.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dilated
       adj : made wider or larger in all dimensions; "a dilated pupil"

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