Dilate

di-lāt′, v.t. to spread out in all directions: to enlarge: the opposite of contract .— v.i. to widen: to swell out: to speak at length.— ns. Dilātabil′ity , Dilāt′ancy , Dilatā′tion , Dilā′tion , expansion.— adjs. Dilāt′able , that may be dilated or expanded; Dilā′tant .— ns. Dī′latātor , Dilāt′or , Dilāt′er .— adj. Dilāt′ive . [L. dilatus (used as pa.p. of differre ), from di (= dis ), apart, and lat us , borne.]