Antonyms for dilate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dahy-leyt, di-, dahy-leyt

Phonetic Transcription : daɪˈleɪt, dɪ-, ˈdaɪ leɪt

Definition of dilate

Origin : late 14c., from Old French dilater, from Late Latin dilatare "make wider, enlarge," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + latus "wide" (see latitude). Related: Dilated; dilating.

verb stretch, widen

Example sentences :

It would be needless to dilate upon the value of such a work.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 » by Various

She was pale and fragile, yet she seemed to expand and to dilate with force and energy.
Extract from : « The Doctor of Pimlico » by William Le Queux

In that September morning his soul seemed to dilate with every breath he drew.
Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio

Little need to dilate on the situation as it appeared to Mrs Iver!
Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope

Yet how will it dilate on the Odyssean smell of hemp and tar!
Extract from : « Journeys to Bagdad » by Charles S. Brooks

That, however, was a subject on which Margaret had promised to dilate no more.
Extract from : « Under Fire » by Charles King

He began to dilate upon the virtues of another piece of tapestry.
Extract from : « Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends » by Gertrude Landa

Perhaps—but I will not dilate on the things that came to my distorted imagination.
Extract from : « A Black Adonis » by Linn Boyd Porter

On this point it will not be expected that we should dilate at length.
Extract from : « The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 » by Various

To distend is to stretch apart or spread in all directions; to dilate, to expand.
Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins

Synonyms for dilate

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