Dilate /(?; 277)/

imp. & p. p. Dilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dilating

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.
2. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely. [R.]

   Do me the favor to dilate at full What hath befallen of them and thee till now.

1. To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.

   His heart dilates and glories in his strength.

2. To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon.

   But still on their ancient joys dilate.

1. Extensive; expanded. [Obs.]