Webster's Dictionary 1913

3268

Dilatable

Di‐lat″a‐ble (?), a. [Cf. F. dilatable.] Capable of expansion; that may be dilated; — opposed to contractible; as, the lungs are dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable ...

3269

Dilatation

Dil′a‐ta″tion (?), n. [OE. dilatacioun, F. dilatation, L. dilatatio, fr. dilatare. See Dilate, and cf. 2d Dilation.] 1. Prolixity; diffuse discourse. “What needeth greater dilat...

3270

Dilatator

‖Dil′a‐ta″tor (?), n. [NL. Cf. L. dilatator a propagator.] (Anat.) A muscle which dilates any part; a dilator.

3271

Dilate

Di‐late″ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dilated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dilating (?).] [L. dilatare; either fr. di- = dis- + latus wide, not the same word as latus, used as p. p. of f...

3272

Dilate (2)

Di‐late″, v. i. 1. To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.His heart dilates and glories in his strength. Addison.2. To speak largely and copiously; to dwe...

3273

Dilate (3)

Di‐late″, a. Extensive; expanded. B. Jonson.

3274

Dilated

Di‐lat″ed, a. 1. Expanded; enlarged. Shak.2. (Bot.) Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages.3. (Zoöl.) Having the margin wide and spreading.

3275

Dilatedly

Di‐lat″ed‐ly, adv. In a dilated manner. Feltham.

3276

Dilater

Di‐lat″er (?), n. One who, or that which, dilates, expands, or enlarges.

3277

Dilation

Di‐la″tion (?), n. [L. dilatio. See Dilatory.] Delay. Bp. Hall.

3278

Dilation (2)

Di‐la″tion, n. [From dilate, v., cf. Dilatation, Dilator.] The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation. Mrs. Browning.At first her eye with slow di...

3279

Dilative

Di‐lat″ive (?), a. Causing dilation; tending to dilate, on enlarge; expansive. Coleridge.

3280

Dilatometer

Dil′a‐tom″e‐ter (?), n. [Dilate + -meter.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the dilatation or expansion of a substance, especially of a fluid.

3281

Dilator

Di‐lat″or (?), n. [See Dilate.] 1. One who, or that which, widens or expands.2. (Anat.) A muscle that dilates any part.3. (Med.) An instrument for expanding a part; as, a urethr...

3282

Dilatorily

Dil″a‐to‐ri‐ly (?), adv. With delay; tardily.

3283

Dilatoriness

Dil″a‐to‐ri‐ness, n. The quality of being dilatory; lateness; slowness; tardiness; sluggishness.

3284

Dilatory

Dil″a‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. dilatorius, fr. dilator a delayer, fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differe to defer, delay: cf. F. dilatoire. See Dilate, Differ, Defer.] 1. Inclined to de...

3285

Dildo

Dil″do (?), n. A burden in popular songs.Delicate burthens of dildos and fadings. Shak.

3286

Dildo (2)

Dil″do, n.(Bot.) A columnar cactaceous plant of the West Indies (Cereus Swartzii).

3287

Dilection

Di‐lec″tion (?), n. [L. dilectio: dilection. See Diligent.] Love; choice. T. Martin.

3288

Dilemma

Di‐lem″ma (?), n. [L. dilemma, Gr. �; δι- = δίσ- twice + � to take. See Lemma.] 1. (Logic) An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally...

3289

Dilettant

Dil″et‐tant′ (?), a. Of or pertaining to dilettanteism; amateur; as, dilettant speculation. Carlyle.

3290

Dilettant (2)

Dil′et‐tant″ (?), n. A dilettante.Though few art lovers can be connoisseurs, many are dilettants. Fairholt.

3291

Dilettante

‖Dil′et‐tan″te (?), n.; pl.Dilettanti (#). [It., prop. p. pr. of dillettare to take delight in, fr. L. delectare to delight. See Delight, v. t.] An admirer or lover of the fine ...

3292

Dilettanteish

Dil′et‐tan″te‐ish (?), a. Somewhat like a dilettante.

3293

Dilettanteism

Dil′et‐tan″te‐ism (?), n. The state or quality of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.

3294

Dilettantish

Dil′et‐tant″ish (?), a. Dilettanteish.