4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dilated \Di*lat"ed\, a. 1. Expanded; enlarged. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) Having the margin wide and spreading. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely. [R.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: expanded \expanded\ adj. increased in extent or size or bulk or scope. Opposite of {contracted}. [Narrower terms: {blown-up, enlarged}; {dilated}; {distended, swollen}; {inflated}] [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Printnig) wider than usual for a particular height; -- of printers' type. Contrasted with {condensed}. Syn: extended. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: dilated adj : made wider or larger in all dimensions; "a dilated pupil"
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