† dilaten.

Etymology: < dilate v.²

Obsolete. rare.

= dilatation n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > amplification

dilatationc1386

dilating1532

amplification1553

dilate1595

dilation1623

periphrasis1657

magnificationa1834

enlarging1843

1595 G. Markham Trag. Sir R. Grinuile (1871) 58 Thanks hardie Midleton for thy dilate.

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dilateadj.

Brit.

/dʌɪˈleɪt/,

/dᵻˈleɪt/, U.S.

/daɪˈleɪt/,

/dəˈleɪt/,

/ˈdaɪˌleɪt/

Forms: Also 1600s delate.

Etymology: In form, < Latin dīlātus carried in different ways, spread abroad, dispersed, published, past participle of differre; but in sense, answering to Latin dilātātus, widened, expanded, and so perhaps short for dilated.

archaic.

= dilated adj., widely extended or expanded.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > expanded or enlarged

openOE

outlargeda1425

dilatedc1450

dilate1471

project?a1475

ampliated1570

enlarged1599

widened1612

extended1713

expanded1742

broadened1744

dilatate1846

larged?a1919

upsized1977

1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy xi, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 182 With mykyll more Lycour dylate.

1605 B. Jonson Sejanus i. i. 442 Instructed With so dilate, and absolute a power.

1614 W. B. tr. Philosophers Banquet (ed. 2) i. i. 12 A minde so delate and ample.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. vii. 187 The Seas possibly more dilate and extended.

1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 301 Who narrates with dilate diffusion.

1883 Fenn Eli's Children III. iii. ii. 180 Her dilate and frightened eyes softened with tears.

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† dilatev.¹

Forms: Also Middle English deleate, Middle English dylate, Middle English–1500s de-.

Etymology: < French dilater to defer, delay, temporize, < medieval Latin dīlātāre to defer, delay, put off, protract, frequentative of differre defer v.¹: compare dilatory adj.¹ The sense ‘prolong’ comes so near ‘enlarge’, ‘expand’, or ‘set forth at length’, in dilate v.², that the two verbs were probably not thought of as distinct words.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To delay, defer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)]

forslowc888

eldc897

forsita940

gele971

lengOE

drilla1300

delayc1300

onfrestc1300

tarryc1320

jornc1330

dretchc1380

defer1382

forbida1387

to put offa1387

to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393

dilate1399

fordrawa1400

to put overc1410

latch?c1422

adjournc1425

prolongc1425

proloynec1425

rejournc1425

to put in respite1428

sleuthc1430

respitea1450

prorogue1453

refer1466

sleep1470

supersede1482

respectc1487

postpone1496

overseta1500

respett1500

enjourna1513

relong1523

retract1524

tarde1524

track1524

to fode forth1525

tract1527

protract1528

further1529

to make stay of1530

surcease1530

prorogate1534

to fay upon longc1540

linger1543

retard?1543

slake1544

procrastine1548

reprieve1548

remit1550

suspense1556

leave1559

shiftc1562

suspend1566

procrastinate1569

dally1574

post1577

to hold off1580

drift1584

loiter1589

postpose1598

to take one's (own) timea1602

flag1602

slug1605

elong1610

belay1613

demur1613

tardya1616

to hang up1623

frist1637

disjourn1642

future1642

off1642

waive1653

superannuate1655

perendinate1656

stave1664

detard1675

remora1686

to put back1718

withhold1726

protract1737

to keep over1847

to hold over1853

laten1860

to lay over1885

hold1891

back-burner1975

1399 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 14 To ȝive ous pes, which longe hath be deleated.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. cij^v/1 Thou oughtest to dylate thy vengeaunce tyll the furour be passed.

c1485 Digby Myst. ii. 497 To delate yt any lenger yt ys not best.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lii. 19 Without more time delated.

1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 246 Sometimes the sorowful suter doth more feele a rough word they speake, then y^e Iustice they delate.

1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. G.j Some..with delayes the matter will delate.

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote iv. ix. 120 Why dost thou with these so many untoward breathings delate the making of mine end happy?

2. To extend in time, protract, prolong, lengthen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong

lengOE

drawOE

teec1200

forlengtha1300

lengtha1300

drivec1300

tarryc1320

proloynec1350

continuec1380

to draw alonga1382

longa1382

dretch1393

conservea1398

to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400

prorogue1419

prolongc1425

aroomc1440

prorogate?a1475

protend?a1475

dilate1489

forlong1496

relong1523

to draw out1542

sustentate1542

linger1543

defer1546

pertract1548

propagate1548

protract1548

linger1550

lengthen1555

train1556

detract?a1562

to make forth (long, longer)1565

stretch1568

extend1574

extenuate1583

dree1584

wire-draw1598

to spin out1603

trail1604

disabridge1605

produce1605

continuate1611

out-length1617

spin1629

to eke out1641

producta1670

prolongate1671

drawl1694

drag1697

perennate1698

string1867

perennialize1898

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. vi. 103 The cas happed that the battaylle was somwhat dylated.

1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery ii. ii. v. 168 These houres are sometimes dilated.

1658 F. Osborne Advice to Son (1673) 146 A..way to dilate a remembrance beyond the banks of Forgetfulness.

Derivatives

diˈlated adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > delayed, deferred, or postponed

remiss?1518

adjourned1538

delayed1548

long-delayed1548

lag1552

prorogued1552

dilated1556

lagging1597

retardate1598

fristeda1600

lagged1602

retarded1636

deferred1651

prorogatory1672

lated1676

postponed1819

protracted1838

suspended1848

put-off1871

hung up1878

held1906

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxxv. 10 Without more delated delaie.

a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 165 Your dilated resolutions of seeing London.

diˈlating n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun]

longingeOE

bideOE

abodec1225

bodea1300

demura1300

dwella1300

litinga1300

delayc1300

delayingc1300

demurrancec1300

but honec1325

without ensoignec1325

abidec1330

dretchingc1330

dwellingc1330

essoinc1330

tarrying1340

litea1350

delaymenta1393

respitea1393

oversettinga1398

delayancea1400

delitea1400

lingeringa1400

stounding?a1400

sunyiea1400

targea1400

train?a1400

deferring14..

dilation14..

dayc1405

prolongingc1425

spacec1430

adjourningc1436

retardationc1437

prolongation?a1439

training1440

adjournment1445

sleuthingc1450

tarry1451

tarriance1460

prorogation1476

oversetc1485

tarriage1488

debaid1489

supersedement1492

superseding1494

off-putting1496

postponing1496

tract1503

dilating1509

sparinga1513

hafting1519

sufferance1523

tracking1524

sticking1525

stay1530

pause1532

protraction1535

tracting1535

protract of time1536

protracting1540

postposition1546

staying1546

procrastination1548

difference1559

surceasing1560

tardation1568

detract1570

detracting1572

tarryment1575

rejourning1578

detraction1579

longness1579

rejournment1579

holding1581

reprieving1583

cunctation1585

retarding1585

retardance1586

temporizing1587

by and by1591

suspensea1592

procrastinatinga1594

tardance1595

linger1597

forslacking1600

morrowing1602

recess1603

deferment1612

attendance1614

put-off1623

adjournal1627

fristing1637

hanging-up1638

retardment1640

dilatoriness1642

suspension1645

stickagea1647

tardidation1647

transtemporation1651

demurragea1656

prolatation1656

prolation1656

moration1658

perendination1658

offput1730

retardure1751

postponement1757

retard1781

traverse1799

tarrowing1832

mañana1845

temporization1888

procrastinativeness1893

deferral1895

traa dy liooar1897

stalling1927

heel-tapping1949

off-put1970

1509–10 Act 1 Hen. VIII c. 4, Preamble Delatyng of so longe tyme.

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dilatev.²

/dʌɪˈleɪt/

/dɪˈleɪt/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s delate.

Etymology: < French dilate-r (Oresme, 14th cent.), < Latin dīlātāre to spread out, amplify, extend, widen, < dī- , dis- (dis- prefix 1a) + lātus broad, wide.

a. transitive. To make wider or larger; to increase the width of, widen; to expand, amplify, enlarge.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)]

broada1250

room?1316

enlargec1380

largea1382

magnifya1382

alargec1384

spreada1387

amplify1432

brede1440

expanse1477

ampliatea1513

dilate1528

propagate1548

widen1566

explicate1578

expatiate1603

diduce1605

engross?1611

dilatate1613

biggen1643

promote1652

intend1658

expand1665

to run out1683

amplificate1731

broaden1744

outstretcha1758

largen1869

big1884

1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. Y b Lekes delate the matrice.

1555 R. Eden Briefe Descr. Moscouia in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 261^v Al thynges..are dilated by heate.

1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. Ep. Ded. 161 a I might dilate this discourse with a thousand argumentes.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxi. 162 It is enforced to dilate and hold open the jawes.

1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. xvi. 146 The Sails were contracted, dilated, or chang'd from one Side to another.

1749 T. Smollett Regicide iv. v. 56 While the deep Groan Dilates thy lab'ring Breast?

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. vii. 193 Heat dilates matter with an irresistible force.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 403/2 Haller found..the bladder so dilated that it was capable of containing twenty pounds of water.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. liv Dilate þin herte, & resceyue þis holy inspiracion wiþ all maner desir.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. cii^v Holy charite..dilateth and spredeth the hert of man or woman.

1625 F. Markham Bk. Honour ii. ii. 47 Another sort, who haue dilated & made excellent their Bloods, by the great happines of their fortunate Issues, & Noble Matches, or Mariages.

1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. ii. v. 165 The Reader may..take Mr. Eachard's Roman History as being..proper to dilate the Students Knowledge in Roman Affairs.

1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. v. 193 As we have seen, it [Christianity] dilates our whole being.

c. reflexive.

ΚΠ

1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) f. lx^v We be therefore warned that we dilate not our selues beyond our condition and state.

1653 G. Wharton Disc. Comets in Wks. (1683) 149 There at first appeared a small Comet, afterward it mounted and dilated it self on high.

1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. vi. 7 Copper is..very pliable, and dilates it self into very thin Leaves.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 379 Will he not dilate and elevate himself in the fulness of vain pomp and senseless pride?

†2.

a. To spread abroad; to extend, diffuse, or disperse through a wide space or region. literal and figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (transitive)]

to-spreada1000

spread?c1225

sowc1350

to-scattera1382

diffund?a1425

dilate1430

disparklec1449

diffuse?a1475

provulgate1535

disperse1576

distract1600

disseminate1603

protracta1658

unroll1813

1430 Instr. Ambass. in Rymer Fœdera (1710) X. 725 Christen Feith and beleue had..be dilated through the World.

1520 Chron. Eng. iii. f. 20^v/1 In al this tyme the Empyre of Rome was not dylated passynge 12 myle.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 1 The immortal gloir..is abundantly dilatit athort al cuntreis.

1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. B.iii^v This Artere..is more obedient to be delated abrode through al the lunges.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa6 Bowes and braunches, which did broad dilate Their clasping armes.

1644 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 4 The tree being of a kind apt to dilate its roots.

1719 J. T. Philipps tr. B. Ziegenbalg Thirty-four Confer. 348 This Juncture..favourable for dilating the Knowledge of Christ among these Nations.

b. reflexive.

ΚΠ

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 258 in Justice Vindicated The curing of this Gangrene so dilating it self both in Church, Court and State.

1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. ii. ii. 165 The Joy of which Preferment..dilated it self through all the Roman Empire.

a. intransitive (for reflexive). To become wider or larger; to spread out, widen, enlarge, expand.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)]

greateOE

grow1382

enlarge1481

to gain more feathers1600

spread1611

burnish1624

sizea1631

dilate1636

greaten1638

expatiate1650

widen1650

biggen1652

expand1791

magnify1814

1636 G. Sandys Paraphr. Psalmes David 107 And Naphtali, which borders on Old Jordan, where his stream dilates.

1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. v. 182 Shall be like the fins of a fish to contract and dilate.

1823 C. Lamb Praise of Chimney-sweepers in Elia 259 The nostrils of the young rogues dilated at the savour.

1849 D. M. Mulock Ogilvies ii Her eye dilating and her cheek glowing.

1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §32 When a body increases in temperature it also expands in volume or dilates.

1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight ii. 16 The pupil has the property of contracting and dilating.

b. figurative. To expand itself; †to have full scope.

ΚΠ

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 124 The Duke of Glocester, was of such noble parts, that they could hardly dilate in any work inferiour to the government of a Kingdome.

1847 H. Rogers Ess. I. v. 260 These flimsy objections dilate into monstrous dimensions.

1863 J. W. Draper Intell. Devel. Europe (1865) iii. 66 A false inference like this soon dilated into a general doctrine.

†4. transitive. To relate, describe, or set forth at length; to enlarge or expatiate upon. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express copiously [verb (transitive)] > expatiate upon

dilate1393

amplifya1400

paraphrase1644

to lay forth1692

expatiate1859

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 190 It nedeth nought that I dilate The pris which preised is algate.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 7 It plesed me..to gader a schort rememberauns of elde stories, þat whanne I loke upon hem..I can sone dilate þe circumstaunses.

?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye Prol. sig. a7^v Rastell hath enterprised to dilate thys matter, and hath diuided it in to .iii. dyaloges.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 346 Having met with some of their Brethren..and delated to them their deathes.

c1790 W. Cowper Comm. Milton's Paradise Lost ii. 1024–33 It is..a common thing with poets to touch slightly beforehand, a subject which they mean to dilate in the sequel.

1801 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 150 I dare give only hints; it would be presumptuous to dilate them.

a. intransitive. To discourse or write at large; to enlarge, expatiate. Const. †of (obsolete), on, upon.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > expatiate

dilate1562

expatiate1612

enlarge1659

elaborate1934

1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre vii. f. cv I might haue delated more vpon the seruice on horsebacke, and after haue reasoned of the warre on the Sea.

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D3 ^v Experience reprooues me for a fool, for delating on so manifest a case.

1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. D4 I could amply delate of thy sinne, but I know it needlesse.

1692 J. Locke 3rd Let. for Toleration ii. 167 The terrible Consequences you dilate on..I leave you for your private Use.

1694 J. Collier Misc. i. 42 Were it not too sad an Argument to dilate upon.

1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 33 You were dilating with your new acquaintances.

1820 C. Lamb in London Mag. Aug. 143/2 How would he dilate into secret history.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxvi. 255 She..proceeded to dilate..on the manifold perfections of Miss Nickleby.

1861 F. Hall in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1861 (1862) 30 146 But it is needless to dilate.

1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (1875) III. xviii. 122 The chancellor..dilated at length on the perjuries of Duke Philip.

†b. reflexive. To express oneself at length or diffusely. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express oneself copiously [verb (reflexive)] > expatiate

extend1641

dilate1644

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. i. 362 Concerning which, we shall not neede to dilate ourselues any further.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 131 In process of time, Wicliffe might delate himself in supplemental and additional Opinions.

a1672 A. Wood Life (1891) I. 161 Dr. Richard Gardiner..dilating himself on Christ's miracle of turning water into wine.

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n.1595

adj.1471

v.¹1399

v.²1393

单词	dilate
释义	† dilaten. Etymology: < dilate v.² Obsolete. rare. = dilatation n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > amplification dilatationc1386 dilating1532 amplification1553 dilate1595 dilation1623 periphrasis1657 magnificationa1834 enlarging1843 1595 G. Markham Trag. Sir R. Grinuile (1871) 58 Thanks hardie Midleton for thy dilate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). dilateadj. Brit. /dʌɪˈleɪt/, /dᵻˈleɪt/, U.S. /daɪˈleɪt/, /dəˈleɪt/, /ˈdaɪˌleɪt/ Forms: Also 1600s delate. Etymology: In form, < Latin dīlātus carried in different ways, spread abroad, dispersed, published, past participle of differre; but in sense, answering to Latin dilātātus, widened, expanded, and so perhaps short for dilated. archaic. = dilated adj., widely extended or expanded. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > expanded or enlarged openOE outlargeda1425 dilatedc1450 dilate1471 project?a1475 ampliated1570 enlarged1599 widened1612 extended1713 expanded1742 broadened1744 dilatate1846 larged?a1919 upsized1977 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy xi, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 182 With mykyll more Lycour dylate. 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus i. i. 442 Instructed With so dilate, and absolute a power. View more context for this quotation 1614 W. B. tr. Philosophers Banquet (ed. 2) i. i. 12 A minde so delate and ample. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. vii. 187 The Seas possibly more dilate and extended. 1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 301 Who narrates with dilate diffusion. 1883 Fenn Eli's Children III. iii. ii. 180 Her dilate and frightened eyes softened with tears. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † dilatev.¹ Forms: Also Middle English deleate, Middle English dylate, Middle English–1500s de-. Etymology: < French dilater to defer, delay, temporize, < medieval Latin dīlātāre to defer, delay, put off, protract, frequentative of differre defer v.¹: compare dilatory adj.¹ The sense ‘prolong’ comes so near ‘enlarge’, ‘expand’, or ‘set forth at length’, in dilate v.², that the two verbs were probably not thought of as distinct words. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To delay, defer. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 1399 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 14 To ȝive ous pes, which longe hath be deleated. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. cij^v/1 Thou oughtest to dylate thy vengeaunce tyll the furour be passed. c1485 Digby Myst. ii. 497 To delate yt any lenger yt ys not best. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lii. 19 Without more time delated. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 246 Sometimes the sorowful suter doth more feele a rough word they speake, then y^e Iustice they delate. 1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. G.j Some..with delayes the matter will delate. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote iv. ix. 120 Why dost thou with these so many untoward breathings delate the making of mine end happy? 2. To extend in time, protract, prolong, lengthen. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong lengOE drawOE teec1200 forlengtha1300 lengtha1300 drivec1300 tarryc1320 proloynec1350 continuec1380 to draw alonga1382 longa1382 dretch1393 conservea1398 to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400 prorogue1419 prolongc1425 aroomc1440 prorogate?a1475 protend?a1475 dilate1489 forlong1496 relong1523 to draw out1542 sustentate1542 linger1543 defer1546 pertract1548 propagate1548 protract1548 linger1550 lengthen1555 train1556 detract?a1562 to make forth (long, longer)1565 stretch1568 extend1574 extenuate1583 dree1584 wire-draw1598 to spin out1603 trail1604 disabridge1605 produce1605 continuate1611 out-length1617 spin1629 to eke out1641 producta1670 prolongate1671 drawl1694 drag1697 perennate1698 string1867 perennialize1898 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. vi. 103 The cas happed that the battaylle was somwhat dylated. 1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery ii. ii. v. 168 These houres are sometimes dilated. 1658 F. Osborne Advice to Son (1673) 146 A..way to dilate a remembrance beyond the banks of Forgetfulness. Derivatives diˈlated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > delayed, deferred, or postponed remiss?1518 adjourned1538 delayed1548 long-delayed1548 lag1552 prorogued1552 dilated1556 lagging1597 retardate1598 fristeda1600 lagged1602 retarded1636 deferred1651 prorogatory1672 lated1676 postponed1819 protracted1838 suspended1848 put-off1871 hung up1878 held1906 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxxv. 10 Without more delated delaie. a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 165 Your dilated resolutions of seeing London. diˈlating n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] longingeOE bideOE abodec1225 bodea1300 demura1300 dwella1300 litinga1300 delayc1300 delayingc1300 demurrancec1300 but honec1325 without ensoignec1325 abidec1330 dretchingc1330 dwellingc1330 essoinc1330 tarrying1340 litea1350 delaymenta1393 respitea1393 oversettinga1398 delayancea1400 delitea1400 lingeringa1400 stounding?a1400 sunyiea1400 targea1400 train?a1400 deferring14.. dilation14.. dayc1405 prolongingc1425 spacec1430 adjourningc1436 retardationc1437 prolongation?a1439 training1440 adjournment1445 sleuthingc1450 tarry1451 tarriance1460 prorogation1476 oversetc1485 tarriage1488 debaid1489 supersedement1492 superseding1494 off-putting1496 postponing1496 tract1503 dilating1509 sparinga1513 hafting1519 sufferance1523 tracking1524 sticking1525 stay1530 pause1532 protraction1535 tracting1535 protract of time1536 protracting1540 postposition1546 staying1546 procrastination1548 difference1559 surceasing1560 tardation1568 detract1570 detracting1572 tarryment1575 rejourning1578 detraction1579 longness1579 rejournment1579 holding1581 reprieving1583 cunctation1585 retarding1585 retardance1586 temporizing1587 by and by1591 suspensea1592 procrastinatinga1594 tardance1595 linger1597 forslacking1600 morrowing1602 recess1603 deferment1612 attendance1614 put-off1623 adjournal1627 fristing1637 hanging-up1638 retardment1640 dilatoriness1642 suspension1645 stickagea1647 tardidation1647 transtemporation1651 demurragea1656 prolatation1656 prolation1656 moration1658 perendination1658 offput1730 retardure1751 postponement1757 retard1781 traverse1799 tarrowing1832 mañana1845 temporization1888 procrastinativeness1893 deferral1895 traa dy liooar1897 stalling1927 heel-tapping1949 off-put1970 1509–10 Act 1 Hen. VIII c. 4, Preamble Delatyng of so longe tyme. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). dilatev.² /dʌɪˈleɪt//dɪˈleɪt/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s delate. Etymology: < French dilate-r (Oresme, 14th cent.), < Latin dīlātāre to spread out, amplify, extend, widen, < dī- , dis- (dis- prefix 1a) + lātus broad, wide. 1. a. transitive. To make wider or larger; to increase the width of, widen; to expand, amplify, enlarge. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] broada1250 room?1316 enlargec1380 largea1382 magnifya1382 alargec1384 spreada1387 amplify1432 brede1440 expanse1477 ampliatea1513 dilate1528 propagate1548 widen1566 explicate1578 expatiate1603 diduce1605 engross?1611 dilatate1613 biggen1643 promote1652 intend1658 expand1665 to run out1683 amplificate1731 broaden1744 outstretcha1758 largen1869 big1884 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. Y b Lekes delate the matrice. 1555 R. Eden Briefe Descr. Moscouia in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 261^v Al thynges..are dilated by heate. 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. Ep. Ded. 161 a I might dilate this discourse with a thousand argumentes. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxi. 162 It is enforced to dilate and hold open the jawes. View more context for this quotation 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. xvi. 146 The Sails were contracted, dilated, or chang'd from one Side to another. 1749 T. Smollett Regicide iv. v. 56 While the deep Groan Dilates thy lab'ring Breast? 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. vii. 193 Heat dilates matter with an irresistible force. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 403/2 Haller found..the bladder so dilated that it was capable of containing twenty pounds of water. b. figurative. ΚΠ c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. liv Dilate þin herte, & resceyue þis holy inspiracion wiþ all maner desir. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. cii^v Holy charite..dilateth and spredeth the hert of man or woman. 1625 F. Markham Bk. Honour ii. ii. 47 Another sort, who haue dilated & made excellent their Bloods, by the great happines of their fortunate Issues, & Noble Matches, or Mariages. 1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. ii. v. 165 The Reader may..take Mr. Eachard's Roman History as being..proper to dilate the Students Knowledge in Roman Affairs. 1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. v. 193 As we have seen, it [Christianity] dilates our whole being. c. reflexive. ΚΠ 1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) f. lx^v We be therefore warned that we dilate not our selues beyond our condition and state. 1653 G. Wharton Disc. Comets in Wks. (1683) 149 There at first appeared a small Comet, afterward it mounted and dilated it self on high. 1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. vi. 7 Copper is..very pliable, and dilates it self into very thin Leaves. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 379 Will he not dilate and elevate himself in the fulness of vain pomp and senseless pride? †2. a. To spread abroad; to extend, diffuse, or disperse through a wide space or region. literal and figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (transitive)] to-spreada1000 spread?c1225 sowc1350 to-scattera1382 diffund?a1425 dilate1430 disparklec1449 diffuse?a1475 provulgate1535 disperse1576 distract1600 disseminate1603 protracta1658 unroll1813 1430 Instr. Ambass. in Rymer Fœdera (1710) X. 725 Christen Feith and beleue had..be dilated through the World. 1520 Chron. Eng. iii. f. 20^v/1 In al this tyme the Empyre of Rome was not dylated passynge 12 myle. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 1 The immortal gloir..is abundantly dilatit athort al cuntreis. 1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. B.iii^v This Artere..is more obedient to be delated abrode through al the lunges. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa6 Bowes and braunches, which did broad dilate Their clasping armes. 1644 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 4 The tree being of a kind apt to dilate its roots. 1719 J. T. Philipps tr. B. Ziegenbalg Thirty-four Confer. 348 This Juncture..favourable for dilating the Knowledge of Christ among these Nations. b. reflexive. ΚΠ 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 258 in Justice Vindicated The curing of this Gangrene so dilating it self both in Church, Court and State. 1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. ii. ii. 165 The Joy of which Preferment..dilated it self through all the Roman Empire. 3. a. intransitive (for reflexive). To become wider or larger; to spread out, widen, enlarge, expand. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)] greateOE grow1382 enlarge1481 to gain more feathers1600 spread1611 burnish1624 sizea1631 dilate1636 greaten1638 expatiate1650 widen1650 biggen1652 expand1791 magnify1814 1636 G. Sandys Paraphr. Psalmes David 107 And Naphtali, which borders on Old Jordan, where his stream dilates. 1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. v. 182 Shall be like the fins of a fish to contract and dilate. 1823 C. Lamb Praise of Chimney-sweepers in Elia 259 The nostrils of the young rogues dilated at the savour. 1849 D. M. Mulock Ogilvies ii Her eye dilating and her cheek glowing. 1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §32 When a body increases in temperature it also expands in volume or dilates. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight ii. 16 The pupil has the property of contracting and dilating. b. figurative. To expand itself; †to have full scope. ΚΠ 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 124 The Duke of Glocester, was of such noble parts, that they could hardly dilate in any work inferiour to the government of a Kingdome. 1847 H. Rogers Ess. I. v. 260 These flimsy objections dilate into monstrous dimensions. 1863 J. W. Draper Intell. Devel. Europe (1865) iii. 66 A false inference like this soon dilated into a general doctrine. †4. transitive. To relate, describe, or set forth at length; to enlarge or expatiate upon. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express copiously [verb (transitive)] > expatiate upon dilate1393 amplifya1400 paraphrase1644 to lay forth1692 to lay forth1692 expatiate1859 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 190 It nedeth nought that I dilate The pris which preised is algate. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 7 It plesed me..to gader a schort rememberauns of elde stories, þat whanne I loke upon hem..I can sone dilate þe circumstaunses. ?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye Prol. sig. a7^v Rastell hath enterprised to dilate thys matter, and hath diuided it in to .iii. dyaloges. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 346 Having met with some of their Brethren..and delated to them their deathes. c1790 W. Cowper Comm. Milton's Paradise Lost ii. 1024–33 It is..a common thing with poets to touch slightly beforehand, a subject which they mean to dilate in the sequel. 1801 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 150 I dare give only hints; it would be presumptuous to dilate them. 5. a. intransitive. To discourse or write at large; to enlarge, expatiate. Const. †of (obsolete), on, upon. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > expatiate dilate1562 expatiate1612 enlarge1659 elaborate1934 1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre vii. f. cv I might haue delated more vpon the seruice on horsebacke, and after haue reasoned of the warre on the Sea. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D3 ^v Experience reprooues me for a fool, for delating on so manifest a case. 1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. D4 I could amply delate of thy sinne, but I know it needlesse. 1692 J. Locke 3rd Let. for Toleration ii. 167 The terrible Consequences you dilate on..I leave you for your private Use. 1694 J. Collier Misc. i. 42 Were it not too sad an Argument to dilate upon. 1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 33 You were dilating with your new acquaintances. 1820 C. Lamb in London Mag. Aug. 143/2 How would he dilate into secret history. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxvi. 255 She..proceeded to dilate..on the manifold perfections of Miss Nickleby. 1861 F. Hall in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1861 (1862) 30 146 But it is needless to dilate. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (1875) III. xviii. 122 The chancellor..dilated at length on the perjuries of Duke Philip. †b. reflexive. To express oneself at length or diffusely. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express oneself copiously [verb (reflexive)] > expatiate extend1641 dilate1644 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. i. 362 Concerning which, we shall not neede to dilate ourselues any further. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 131 In process of time, Wicliffe might delate himself in supplemental and additional Opinions. a1672 A. Wood Life (1891) I. 161 Dr. Richard Gardiner..dilating himself on Christ's miracle of turning water into wine. 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