Dilate

di-lat', v.t. to spread out in all directions — to enlarge the opp. of Contraot v.i. to widen to swell out to speak at length. n. Dilat'er. [L. dilatns ^used as pa.p. of differo from di (= dis, apart), and lat us = tlatus (Gr. fl , borne, suffered), from root of tollo. See Tolerate.]