simple past tense and past participle of dilatate

The act of dilating. / State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation. / (obsolete) Delay.

Prolixity; diffuse discourse. / The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on all sides; the state of being dilated / A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.

(transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger. / (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dilate

simple past tense and past participle of dilate

The property of dilating or expanding, especially by means of an increase in space between the component parts.

Tending to dilate, or causing dilation. / (physics) Exhibiting dilatancy.

A dilator. / (physics) A substance whose viscosity increases with rate of shear.

(anatomy) Any nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate. / (medicine) Any drug that causes such dilation. / (medicine) An instrument used to dilate an orifice or cavity.