dilate

== English == === Etymology 1 === First attested in 1393, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dilaten, from Old French dilater, from Latin dīlātō (“to spread out”), from dī- + lātus (“wide”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of dilatate. ==== Alternative forms ==== delate ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /daɪˈleɪt/, /ˈdaɪ.leɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt ==== Verb ==== dilate (third-person singular simple present dilates, present participle dilating, simple past and past participle dilated) (transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger. (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand. Antonym: contract (ambitransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon". (medicine, ambitransitive) To use a dilator to widen (something, such as a vagina). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== dilute === Etymology 2 === First attested in 1399, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dilaten (“to delay, tarry”), borrowed from Latin dīlātus, perfect passive participle of Latin dīfferō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)). If so, Doublet of defer and differ; see also infer, relate and refer, collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prefer and prelate among others. Alternatively, from Latin dīlātō, see Etymology 1. ==== Alternative forms ==== delate, deleate, dylate ==== Verb ==== dilate (third-person singular simple present dilates, present participle dilating, simple past and past participle dilated)(obsolete) (transitive) To delay, defer. (transitive) To prolong, lengthen. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === First attested in 1471, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin dīlātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 2 for more. ==== Adjective ==== dilate (comparative more dilate, superlative most dilate) (archaic) Carried in different ways, spread, abroad, dispersed, published. === References === === Anagrams === atelid, de-tail, detail, dietal, laited, tailed == French == === Verb === dilate inflection of dilater: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === déliât, détail, ladite == Latin == === Participle === dīlāte vocative masculine singular of dīlātus == Portuguese == === Verb === dilate inflection of dilatar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === dilate inflection of dilatar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative