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   Di·late

   /dīˈlāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. make or become wider, larger, or more open: "her eyes dilated with horror" Similar enlargebecome largerwidenbecome widerexpanddistendswellOpposite contract

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French dilater, from Latin dilatare ‘spread out’, from di- ‘apart’ + latus ‘wide’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dilatable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • D

     2

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

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