Dilate

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1. Verb

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. Verb

To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.

3. Verb

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

4. Verb

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

5. Adjective

Extensive; expanded.
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