dilatation (dilaor dilatashon)

[ tion. I conceive the intire idea of a spirit in generall, or at least of all finite created and subordinate spirits, to consist in these several powers or properties, viz.: self-penetration, self-motion, self-contraction and dilatation , and indivisibility. Dr. H. More, Antidote against Atheism, I. iv. § 3. His [Spenser's] genius is rather for dilatation than compre ion. Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 162. Specifically-2. Diffusene of speech; prolixity; enlargement. What nedeth gretter dilatacioun ? Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 134. 3. An abnormal enlargement of an aperture or a canal of the body, or one made for the purposes of surgical or medical treatment. See expansion.-4. A dilated part of anything; specifically, in zoöl., a dilated portion of an organ or a mark. dilatator (dil'ā- or di'la-ta-tor), n. [F. dila tateur = Sp. Pg. dilatador = It. dilatatore, a dilatator, dilate (dior di-lāt'), v.; pret. and pp. dilated , ppr. dilating . [F. dilater Pr. Sp. Pg. dilatar = It. dilatare , L. dilatare , spread out, extend, dilate, dilatus , pp., a ociated with differre , carry apart, spread abroad, scatter, also differ, and intr. differ (> E. differ and defer2 ), dis- , apart, + ferre = E. bear1 . For pp. lat us , see ablative. Dilate is a doublet of delay1 , and prac- tically of defer2 and differ : see delay1 , differ .] I. trans . 1. To expand; distend; spread y1, defer2 , out; enlarge or extend in all directions: as, air dilates the lungs; to dilate the pupil of the eye. Induced with a zelous deuotion and ardent desire to protect and dilate the Christian faith. Hakluyt's Voyages , II., Ded. Collecting all his might, dilated stood, Satan, alarm'd, Like Teneriff or Atlas, unremoved. Milton , P. L., iv. 986. Chapman abounds in splendid enthusiasms of diction, and now and then dilates our imaginations with suggestions of profound poetic depth. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 315. 21. To set forth at length; relate at large; relate or describe with full particulars; enlarge upon. IMG:content-2646.png:[blocks in formation] I purpose to speak actively without digre ing or dilat- ing . Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 106. of schism as a spiritual evil. I leave it among the divines to dilate upon the danger dilatet (dior di-lat'), a. [L. dilatus , pp.: see Swift , Sentiments of a Ch. of Eng. Man, i. dilate , v.] Broad; extended. Whom they, out of their bounty, have instructed With so dilate and absolute a power. B. Jonson, Sejanus, i. 2. dilated (dior di-la'ted), p . a . [Pp. of dilate , v.] Expanded; extended; enlarged. Specifically-(a) Unusually widened, or wider than the rest of the part or organ. Also distended. (b) In her ., opened; standing tennæ, in entom ., antennæ unusually widened in any open, as a pair of compa es or the like. - Dilated an- parts. Dilated str iæ or punctures, in entom ., those part.-Dilated margin, in entom ., margin spread str iæ or punctures which are broader than usual, and dis- laterally more than usual, or beyond the surrounding tinctly rounded within. Dilated tarsi, in entom . , those tarsi in which two or more joints are broad, somewhat dilater (dior di-lā'ter), n. One who or that heart-shaped, and spongiose or densely hairy beneath, as in Coleoptera . Also called enlarged tarsi . which enlarges or expands. Shelton. dilation1 (dior di-laʼshon), n. [A short form dilatation. of dilatation .] The act of dilating; expansion; At first her eye with slow dilation roll'd Dry flame, she listening. Tennyson, Prince , vi. The quality trembled at the reaction of his bigotry against themselves. These lamented their dilatorine and imperfection, or Hallam . dilatory (dil'ā-to-ri), a. [= F. dilatoire = Pr. dilator i = Sp. Pg. It. dilatorio , dilator i us , tending to delay, dilator , a delayer, dif- ferre , pp. dilatus , delay: see delay1 , dilate , v .] 1. Marked by or given to procrastination or delay; slow; tardy; not prompt: as, dilatory This dilatory sloth, and tricks of Rome. I abhor Shak ., Hen. VIII., ii. 4. time and defer decision: as, a dilatory motion. 2. Intended to bring about delay, or to gain To the Petition of the Lords he made a dilatory Answer. Baker , Chronicles, p. 79. Motley. Dilatory defense, in law , a defense intended to defeat or delay the pending action without touching the merits of the controversy, as an objection to the jurisdiction or to the present capacity of a party. Dilatory plea, in law , a plea which if succe ful would defeat the pending tinating, backward, laggard, behindhand, inactive, slug- action without touching the merits of the controversy. gish, dawdling. =Syn. Tardy , etc. (see slow ), loitering, lingering, procras- dildolt (dil'dō), n. slang origin, used in old ballads and plays as a its vaguene , as a substitute for various ob- mere refrain or nonsense-word; also used, from scene terms, and in various obscene meanings. He has the prettiest love-songs for maids,. delicate burthens of " dildos " and "fadings. with such Shak., W. T., iv. 3. dildo (dil'dō), n. mit and bearing pale-red flowers. The dried A tall columnar cactus of Jamaica, Cereus Swartzii , woolly at the sum- by the Indians. fibrous portions of the stems were used as torches dilettante dilectiont (di-lek's hon), n. [= F. Pr. dilection = Sp. dileccion = Pg. dilecção = It. dilezione , ( LL. dilectio (n-), diligere , pp. dilectus , love much, value highly: see diligent . Cf. predilec tion .] A loving; preference; choice. The privilege of his dileccioun In you confirmed God upon a tree Hanging. our felicity is our belief. Chaucer, Mother of God, 1. 199, So free is Christ's dilection , that the grand condition of dilemma (dior di-lem'ä), n. Boyle , Seraphic Love. Sp . dilema = Pg. It. dilemma = D. G. Dan. Sw. [= F. dilemme = dilemma , dilemma , δίλημμα , a conclu- sion from two premises, διαλαμβάνεσθαι , be caught between.] sition, a umption: see lemma . Not "an ar- 1. A form of argument in which it is shown that gument in which the adversary is ' tween' (διαλαμβάνεται) two difficulties," nor de- ersary is 'caught be whoever maintains a certain proposition must sions, and that each of these involves the de- accept one or other of two alternative conclu- nial of the proposition in question. The altern a tives are called the horns of the dilemma, which is also called a horned syllogism. The argument is also called s dilemma, in a looser sense, when the number of such horns exceeds two. The dilemma originated in rhetoric, and was not noticed by logicians before the revival of learning; consequently there has been some dispute as to will flirt; it is not good to marry an ugly wife, because she its logical definition and analysis. The standard example (from Aulus Gellius) is as follows: Every woman is fair or ugly; it is not good to marry a fair wife, because she will not be attractive; therefore, it is not good to marry at all. The e ential peculiarity of this reasoning is that it involves the principle of excluded middle, the falsity cians, however, have made the dilemma a matter of form of which would leave ordinary syllogism intact. Logi of expre ion, saying that the above argument, for in- this form: If it is good to marry, it is good to marry a stance, is not a dilemma as long as the first premise reads as above, but that it becomes one if that premise is put in lemmas or as parts of dilemmas, for many logicians hold fair wife, or it is good to marry an ugly wife. They have at different times recognized the following forms as di that a dilemma consists of three syllogisms: (1) Simple constructive dilemma : If A, then C; if B, then C; but either B or A; hence, C. (2) Simple destructive dilemma : If A is true, B is true; if A is true, C is true; B and Care not both true; hence, A is not true. (3) Complex construc- tive dilemma : If A, then B; if C, then D; but either A or C; hence, either Bor D. (4) Complex destructive dilems true. The importance of the kind of reasoning now called ma: is true, true; if true, D is true; but B dilemma was first strongly insisted upon by the Stoics. and D are not both true; hence, A and C are not both Neverthele , in the Stoical terminology a dilemma is op posed to a mono lemma , as a conclusion from two premises. This was the origin of the word, and it is only later that it is met with in the modern sense. 2. A difficult or doubtful choice; a state of things in which the alternatives appear to be equally bad or undesirable. Dilemma is an argument made of two members, repug nant one to another, wherof which soever thou grant est, thou art by and by taken. Blundeville, Logic, v. 27. A strong dilemma in a desperate case! To act with infamy, or quit the place. dilemmatic (dil-eor di-le-mat'ik), a. [= F. + -ic.] In logic , pertaining to or of the nature dilemmatique = Pg. dilemmatico ; as dilemma ( t- ) of a dilemma.- Dilemmatic argument. See argu- ment. Dilemmatic proposition, a hypothetical propo- sition with a disjunctive consequent: as, if A, then either Bor C; or a categorical proposition with a disjunctive predicate: as, A is either Bor C. - Dilemmatic reason- between two interpretations - one being purely spiritual, The doctrine of a Me iah offers a dilemma - a choice Swift . one purely political. De Quincey, E enes, ii. middle as its chief principle. - Dilemmatic syllogism, ing, reasoning depending upon the principle of excluded a syllogism having for its minor premise a dilemmatic proposition. dilemmist (dior di-lem'ist), n. [ [The philosophic school] of the Vaibhāshikas, or dilem- mists , who maintain the nece ity of immediate contact with the object to be known. Amer . Cyc ., III. 403. Dilephila (di-lef'i-lä), n. [NL.; also written hawk-mo Deilephila , prop. * Dilophila : δείλη , the af- ternoon, evening, + φίλος , loving.] A genus of hawk-moths, of the family Sphingid a. D. line- and known as morning -sphinx. See cut under morning- ata is a handsome species, common in the United States, sphinx. dilettant (dil-e-tant'), n. [See dilettante .] See dilettante .