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Meaning of dilate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dilate
      v 1: become wider; "His pupils were dilated" [syn: {dilate},
           {distend}]
      2: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of
         and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She
         elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn:
         {elaborate}, {lucubrate}, {expatiate}, {exposit}, {enlarge},
         {flesh out}, {expand}, {expound}, {dilate}] [ant:
         {abbreviate}, {abridge}, {contract}, {cut}, {foreshorten},
         {reduce}, {shorten}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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